State v. Hill
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Barbour County. Jake Hill was convicted of breaking into a railroad car, and brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Dent, Judge:
At the October term, 1899, Jake Hill was convicted of felon-iously and burglariously breaking into a box car on the Baltimore and Ohio Raiload, and stealing a hog therefrom of the value of ten dollars, principally on the evidence of Hiram Turner, who was serving a term in the penitentiary for the same offeiise. He made a motion for a new trial, which was overruled, and he was sentenced to a term of five years in the penitentiary. On writ of error he relies upon three grounds to reverse the judgment of the circuit court. First, That the indict*133ment was not endorsed a true bill and…
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