State v. Heaton
West Virginia Supreme Court
Gkeen, -Judge, furnishes the following statement .of the case: On October 6, 1882, the grand jury found the following indictment against William G. Ileaton: “West Virginia, Gilmer County, to-wit: “In the Circuit Court of said County, October term, 1882. “The jurors of the (State of West Virginia in and for the body of the county of Gilmer, and now attending the said court, upon their oaths present that William G. Ileaton, on the — day of July, 1882, in the said county, one…
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Gkeen, -Judge, furnishes the following statement .of the case: On October 6, 1882, the grand jury found the following indictment against William G. Ileaton: “West Virginia, Gilmer County, to-wit: “In the Circuit Court of said County, October term, 1882. “The jurors of the (State of West Virginia in and for the body of the county of Gilmer, and now attending the said court, upon their oaths present that William G. Ileaton, on the — day of July, 1882, in the said county, one sorrel horse of the value of one hundred dollars, of the goods, chattels and horse of Amanda Miller, then and there being…
1Opinion of the Court
GheeN, Judge:
The solemnity required bylaw in making a criminal accusation is thus stated by the court in The Commonwealth v. Cawood, 2 Va. Cas. 541: “The bill of indictment is sent or delivered to the grand jury, who alter hearing all the evidence adduced by the commonwealth decide whether it be a true bill or not. If they find it so, the foreman of the grand jury eudorses on it ‘atrae bill’ and signs his name as foreman; and then the bill is brought into court by the whole grand jury, and in open court it. is publicly delivered to the clerk, who records the fact. Tt is necessary that it…
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