State v. Younger

Haymond, Judge:

This writ of error presents the question of the sufficiency of a warrant, issued by a justice of the peace of Preston County, West Virginia, on October 10, 1946, which charges that the defendant, Charles Younger, “did commit a Misdemeanor, in that he, the said Charles Younger on the 9th day of October, 1946, and prior to the issuance of this1 warrant, in said County, did unlawfully appear in a public place in an intoxicated condition, to-wit: on the streets of Kingwood, a Corporation in said County.”

The defendant was tried.upon the warrant before the justice, was convicted, and…