State v. Williams
West Virginia Supreme Court
cited 2 Am. & Eng. Ency. Law, 672; 36 W. Ya. 729; 4 Am. & Eng. Ency. Law, 683, 684; Dest. Or. L. § 22a; 1 Bisli. Or. L. (7tli Ed.) §§ 370, 371; 3 G-r. Ev. (15th Ed.) § 4; 13 G-ratt. 763; 2 Am. & Eng. Ency. Law, 671-73; 2 East’s F C. 496-99; 62 Miss. 781; Bish. Stat. Or. §§ 277-79; Am. Dig. (1893) 355; 93 Mich. 46; 27 W. Va. 375; 2 Am.'& Eng. Ency. Law, 697. cited 2Ó W. Ya. 713, 743; 27 W. Va. 375.
1Opinion of the Court
Dent, Judge :
At! the September term, 1894, of the Circuit Court of Braxton county, Abner Williams, a boy thirteen years of .age, was found guilty of a felony, and sentenced to the reform school of this state.
*269He obtained a-writ of error of this Court, and relies on the following assignment, to wit: “First, it was error to give the five instructions, and each of them, asked by the state, and given by the court to the jury, as set out in bill of exceptions No. 1. Second, it was error to overrule the motion of petitioner to set aside the verdict and grant him a new 'trial on the1 grounds stated…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. McClungWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1891
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