State v. Riffe
West Virginia Supreme Court
The circuit court of the county of Monroe, on the •16th day of October, 1874, quashed an indictment then pending in said court against A. L. Riffe. This is a writ of error, granted upon the petition of the state, to the judgment of the said court then rendered. Moore, Judge, who delivered the opinion of the Court, sufficiently states the case. Hon. Homer A. Holt, Judge of tbe eighth judicial circuit, rendered the judgment below.
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The circuit court of the county of Monroe, on the •16th day of October, 1874, quashed an indictment then pending in said court against A. L. Riffe. This is a writ of error, granted upon the petition of the state, to the judgment of the said court then rendered. Moore, Judge, who delivered the opinion of the Court, sufficiently states the case. Hon. Homer A. Holt, Judge of tbe eighth judicial circuit, rendered the judgment below. The indictment in this case was found under §1 of ch. 32, of the Code of W. Va. It is sufficient to use such terms of description as that, if true, the accused, must…
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, Judge
An indictment Avas found in the circuit court of Monroe county against A. L. Piffe for selling spirituous liquors without license. On the 18th October, 1872, the *797defendant appeared and plead not guilty; and on tbe 16tb October. 1874, defendant again appeared, and" moved the court to quash said indictment, which motion was sustained, and the defendant discharged; thereupon, the State petitioned for and obtained from this Court a writ of error, and in that way presents the case for the adjudication of this Court upon two alleged grounds of error:
1st. It was error to quash the indictment upon…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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