State v. Meadows
West Virginia Supreme Court
AVrit of error to a judgment of the circuit court of the county of Boone, rendered on the 9th day of April, 1881, in an action in said court then pending, wherein the State of West Virginia was plaintiff, and Artemisia Meadows ivas defendant, allowed upon the petition of the said Meadows. Hon. D. E. Johnston, judge of the ninth judicial circuit, rendered the judgment complained of.
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AVrit of error to a judgment of the circuit court of the county of Boone, rendered on the 9th day of April, 1881, in an action in said court then pending, wherein the State of West Virginia was plaintiff, and Artemisia Meadows ivas defendant, allowed upon the petition of the said Meadows. Hon. D. E. Johnston, judge of the ninth judicial circuit, rendered the judgment complained of. The facts of the case appear in the opinion of Ihe-opin-km-of the Court. cited the following authorities: 1 Greenl. Ev. §461; 2 Phil. Ev. (4th Am. ed.) 955; Stephen’s Dig. “Ev.” Part. Ill, Art. 133 5 W. Va. 510; 1…
1Judgment of the CourtPattoN, Judge
Artemisia Meadows was indicted in the circuit court of Boone county under section 9, chapter 144 of the Code. That section provides: “If any person maliciously shoot, stab,cut or wound any pei’son, or by any means cause him bodily injury, with intent to maim, disfigure, disable or kill, he shall * * * be punished by confinement in the penitentiary not less than two nor more than ten years. If such act be done unlawfully but not maliciously with the intent aforesaid, the offender shall at the discretion of the jury either be confined in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than five…
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