State v. Robinson
West Virginia Supreme Court
"Writ of error and supersedeas to a judgment of the circuit court of the county of Kanawha rendered on the 10th day of January, 1882, in a trial on an indictment for murder in said court then pending, wherein the State of West Virginia was complainant, and William H. Robinson was defendant, allowed upon the petition of said Robinson. Hon. 'Frank A. Guthrie, judge of the seventh judicial circuit, rendered the judgment complained of.
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"Writ of error and supersedeas to a judgment of the circuit court of the county of Kanawha rendered on the 10th day of January, 1882, in a trial on an indictment for murder in said court then pending, wherein the State of West Virginia was complainant, and William H. Robinson was defendant, allowed upon the petition of said Robinson. Hon. 'Frank A. Guthrie, judge of the seventh judicial circuit, rendered the judgment complained of. The facts of the case are fully stated in the opinion of the Court. 20 Gratt. 874; 5 Ohio ET. S. 77; "Whart. Crim. L. (8th Ed.) § 48; 8 W. Ya. 320; 7 W. Ya. 715;…
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, PRESIDENT,
announced the opinion of the Court:
William IT. Robinson was on the 9th clay of December, 1881, indicted in the circuit court of Kanawha county for the murder of Allen Belcher. On said indictment his trial was commenced before a jury in said court on the 2d day of January, 1882, and on the 6th clay of January, 1882, the jury returned a verdict of murder in the first degree. The prisoner by counsel moved to set aside the verdict, because, first, the verdict was contrary to the law and evidence in the case; second, because the jury were .mislead by the instructions of the…
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