State v. Whitt
West Virginia Supreme Court
I.— Question of malice. — 76 Am. Deo. 656; 32 Am. Dec. 661; Bish. Grim. Pr. 842; 2 Obit. Crim. L. 23; Whar. Grim. L. (8th Ed.) 1079; 81 Miss. 353; 12 Ired. 329; Bish. Stat. Cr. § 437. II. — No Felony alleged in the Indictment. — 24 Gratt. 644; Bish. Stat. Cr. § 439; 3 Bob. Pr. 39; 2 Ya. Cas. 122;' Id. 143. Boundary lines between Cabell and Lincoln counties. — Const. Art. Ill, s. 14; Acts 1867, c. 61; Acts 1868, c. 119 ; Id. (Ex.
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I.— Question of malice. — 76 Am. Deo. 656; 32 Am. Dec. 661; Bish. Grim. Pr. 842; 2 Obit. Crim. L. 23; Whar. Grim. L. (8th Ed.) 1079; 81 Miss. 353; 12 Ired. 329; Bish. Stat. Cr. § 437. II. — No Felony alleged in the Indictment. — 24 Gratt. 644; Bish. Stat. Cr. § 439; 3 Bob. Pr. 39; 2 Ya. Cas. 122;' Id. 143. Boundary lines between Cabell and Lincoln counties. — Const. Art. Ill, s. 14; Acts 1867, c. 61; Acts 1868, c. 119 ; Id. (Ex. Serr.) c. 92; Acts 1869, c. 56, s. 8; 4 Am. & Eng. Ency. L. 352 ; Code (1868) c. 39, s. 32 Code (1891) e.'39, s. 18. I. — Not necessary in this case to show malice. —…
1Opinion of the Court
Dent, Judge:
Hezekiah Whitt was at the February term, 1894, of the Circuit Court of Lincoln county tried, found guilty and sentenced to two years imprisonment in the state penitentiary upon the following indictment:
“State of West Virginia, Lincoln County. Grand jurors of the state of West Virginia, in and for the body of the county of Liucoln, and now attending the said court, upon their oaths present that Hezekiah Whitt, on the 1st day of August, 1892, in the county aforesaid, did maliciously kill one certain beast, towit, one steer, of the value of twenty five dollars, the property of one…
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