State v. Muncey

Woods, Judge :

James Muncey was indicted by a special grand jury at the April Term, 1925, of the circuit court of Mingo County, for the murder of Sherman Parsley. He was tried at the July Term, 1925, found guilty of murder in the second degree and .sentenced to eighteen years’ imprisonment.

As the case turns on purely questions of law, the following brief statement of the facts will suffice. On the 19th day of May, 1925, a special election was held in the town of Hermit, in Hermit District, for the ratification or rejection of an Independent School District for said town. Feeling ran high…