State v. Tippens

Poffenbarger, President:

Under the provisions of Sec. 31 of Ch. 135 of the Code, the State of West Virginia obtained this writ of error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Wetzel County, quashing an indictment charging the defendants, Tippens and Medley, with an attempt to commit the crime of rape.

As nothing in the record discloses the ground of the motion to quash, nor the supposed defect or infirmity upon which the judgment rests, and no brief has been filed by the defendants in error, only the brief filed on behalf of the State discloses the ground or grounds of the ruling complained of.…