Crookham v. State
West Virginia Supreme Court
This case arose in Mason county. The indictment- was found in February, I860. A trial wits had in May, 1869, and the jury failing to agree, were discharged. A further trial was bad in September, 1870, and the defendant was found guilty and sentenced to two years confinement in the penitentiary.
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This case arose in Mason county. The indictment- was found in February, I860. A trial wits had in May, 1869, and the jury failing to agree, were discharged. A further trial was bad in September, 1870, and the defendant was found guilty and sentenced to two years confinement in the penitentiary. The first count in the indictment, which was held to be sufficient, is as follows: “The jurors of the State of West Virginia, in and for the body of the county of Mason, and now attending said court, on their oath present that Charles L. Crookham on the-day of November, 1868, in the said county, in and…
1Opinion of the Court
Maxwelu J.
Crookham was convicted in the Circuit Court of Mason county, upon a charge'of feloniously and maliciously stabbing, cutting and wounding one Samuel Finimore, with intent to maim, disfigure, disable and kill, and was sentenced to tbe penitentiary for two years, and the case comes here to be reviewed on writ of error. Tbe record shows that the finding of the indictment by the grand jury was entered upon tbe record of tbe court, “ An indictment against Charles L. Crookham, malicious stabbing: A true bill.” There was a motion made to quash the indictment, because there was not a proper…
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