State v. Crawford
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Mingo County. James Crawford was convicted of voluntary manslaugb-ter, and his motions for new trial and for a discharge being overruled, he brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
POFFENBARGER, JljDGE;
If the defense underlying the first assignment of error on this writ is well founded and fully established, there will be no occasion for consideration of any of the others. On a second indictment charging the murder alleged in the first, the accused moved the court for a discharge on the ground of detention without trial, under' the former indictment, for such a period of time as confers right of discharge from the offense. The court having overruled his motion, he entered a plea of not guilty and was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. After having unsuccessfully moved…
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