State v. Harrison

Haymond, Judge:

In this proceeding two main questions are presented which the Circuit Court of Lewis County, upon the joint application of the parties, has certified to this Court. The first question involves the constitutionality of Section 22, Article 5, Chapter 61, Code of West Virginia, 1931. The second question has to do with the sufficiency of the indictment against the defendant based upon the foregoing statute.

The defendant, O. L. Harrison, Mayor of the City of Weston, was indicted by the grand jury of Lewis County at the regular November term, 1946, of the circuit court of that county…