Watts v. State
West Virginia Supreme Court
Indictment found October term, 1871, in circuit court of Monroe. Trial and verdict against tbe defendant March term, 1872. Tbe following was certified as the facts proved on tbe trial: It was proved that about nine o’clock on the night of tbe 19th day of September, 1871, Mr. G-. Y. Perry, who resides in tbe county of Monroe, was aroused by calls of some one at bis yard gate who called for J. W. Saunders.
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Indictment found October term, 1871, in circuit court of Monroe. Trial and verdict against tbe defendant March term, 1872. Tbe following was certified as the facts proved on tbe trial: It was proved that about nine o’clock on the night of tbe 19th day of September, 1871, Mr. G-. Y. Perry, who resides in tbe county of Monroe, was aroused by calls of some one at bis yard gate who called for J. W. Saunders. Mr. Perry told tbem to go away, which they did, and he beard some one at that time calling, “Come away from there, boys!” In about three-quarters of an hour they returned and broke open bis…
1Opinion of the Court
Moore J.
This case is before us on a writ of error to the judgment of the circuit court of Monroe county, on a verdict convicting the defendant, whereby he was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of two years.
The indictment consisted of two clauses. The first charged that “John Lee Randolph and Price Pleasants, on the 19th day of September, 1871, about the hour of ten o’clock in the night of that day, feloniously and burglariously did break and enter into the dwelling house of G. D. Perry, situated in the said county, with intent to make an assault upon one J. W.…
2Cited by19 opinions
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- State Ex Rel. Brown v. ThompsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1965
- State v. DushmanWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1917
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