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State v. Schnelle

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided April 26, 1884PublishedCited by 43 opinions

Johnson, President, furnishes the following statement of the case: On the 9th day of April, 1883, the defendant was indicted in the circuit court of Ohio county for the murder of Guen-ther Schuchardt, in these words: “The State oe West Vik&inia : “First Judicial Circuit, Ohio County, to-voit: “In the Circuit Court .of said County : “The grand jurors of the State of West Virginia, in and for the body of the county of Ohio, and now attending the circuit court of the said…

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Johnson, President, furnishes the following statement of the case: On the 9th day of April, 1883, the defendant was indicted in the circuit court of Ohio county for the murder of Guen-ther Schuchardt, in these words: “The State oe West Vik&inia : “First Judicial Circuit, Ohio County, to-voit: “In the Circuit Court .of said County : “The grand jurors of the State of West Virginia, in and for the body of the county of Ohio, and now attending the circuit court of the said county, upon their oaths present, that Guenther Schnelle, on the nineteenth day of March, in the year of Our Lord one…

1Opinion of the Court

Johnson, President:

The prisoner took several bills of exceptions, which were duly signed, one to the overruling of the prisoner’s challenge to the juror Mitchell, another to the overruling of the prisoner’s challenge to the juror Ballard, another to the judgment of the court in overruling prisoner’s motion to be permitted to open and conclude the argument, another to the refusal of the court to set aside the verdict of the jury and grant the prisoner a now trial, another to the refusal of the court to arrest the judgment, and another to the giving of instructions to the jury.

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2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. United States v. SimmonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. State v. CainWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1882
  3. State v. GreerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1883
  4. Noles v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1854
  5. State v. RobinsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1882

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. State v. RoyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1936
  2. People v. BogdanoffNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
  3. State v. HarrisonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1892
  4. State v. LewisWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1949
  5. State v. SheppardWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1901

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