State v. Wade
West Virginia Supreme Court
Writ of error to a judgment of the circuit court of the county of Kanawha, rendered on the 22d day of December, 1877, in an action in said court then pending, wherein The State of West Virginia was plaintiff and .Isaac A. Wade and others were defendants, allowed on the petition of the plaintiff. Hon. Homer A. Holt, judge of the eighth judicial circuit rendered the judgment complained of.
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Writ of error to a judgment of the circuit court of the county of Kanawha, rendered on the 22d day of December, 1877, in an action in said court then pending, wherein The State of West Virginia was plaintiff and .Isaac A. Wade and others were defendants, allowed on the petition of the plaintiff. Hon. Homer A. Holt, judge of the eighth judicial circuit rendered the judgment complained of. Green, President, furnishes the following statement of the case: • Isaac A. Wade was elected sheriff of Putnam county for the term of four years, beginning January 1, 1867, and gave his official bond. Ou June…
1Opinion of the Court
Green,' President,
delivered the opinion of the Court;
The record in this case shows, that a number of questions were raised in the court below on the - pleadings' and proceedings which occurred prior to-the trial of the issues by the' jury ; but neither party, by their counsel, presents any of these questions to this Court. -The counsel on' both sides have argued this case on its merits only; ' We shall therefore confine our consideration-'to the action of- the court during-the trial of the-case -and-its:refusal' to set aside the verdict of the jury.-- To reach-a-conclusioii whether the…
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