State v. Conkle
West Virginia Supreme Court
The circuit court of Wood county on the 23d day of March, 1880, rendered a judgment against William Conkle alias William Swank, on an indictment for felony. To this judgment a writ, of error and supersedeas were allowed upon the petition of said defendant. Hon. J. M. Jackson, judge of the fifth judicial circuit, rendered the judgment complained of.
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The circuit court of Wood county on the 23d day of March, 1880, rendered a judgment against William Conkle alias William Swank, on an indictment for felony. To this judgment a writ, of error and supersedeas were allowed upon the petition of said defendant. Hon. J. M. Jackson, judge of the fifth judicial circuit, rendered the judgment complained of. Haymond, Judge, furnishes the following statement of the case: At a special term of the circuit court of the county of Wood, held on the 20th day of January, 1880, the grand jury, empanelled and sworn in and for the body of said county, found and…
1Opinion of the CourtHaymon.d, Judge
The errors specially assigned by the plaintiff in error in his said petition are as follows: “1st. It was error in the court to overrule the motion of your petitioner to set aside the verdict returned by the jury and award him a new trial, on the ground that the same is contrary to the evidence, and also on the ground that said verdict is not sustained by the evidence. 2d. The court erred in its several rulings asset forth in bills of exceptions numbers two and three. And the plaintiff in error in his said petition prays, that for these and other errors manifest *744on the face of the proceedings…
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