State v. Lutz
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Taylor County. Jacob Lutz was convicted of murder in the first degree, bis motion for a new trial was overruled, and from the judgment on the verdict he brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, President:
The homicide occurred February 9, 1919, while the circuit court was still in session, but had discharged the petit jury on February 6, and was about to adjourn. A special grand jury was summoned on February 12, convened on February 14, and the same day returned an indictment against the defendant, in the form prescribed by section 1 of chapter 144 of the Code, charging that on the-day of-, 1919, he did “in the said county of Taylor feloniously, wilfully, maliciously, deliberately and unlawfully slay, kill and murder J. E. B. Phillips, against the peace and dignity of the…
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