Legal Opinion

State v. McCoy McClung

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided February 6, 1940No. 8983. No. 8984PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Maxwell, Judge:

These cases are identical and were submitted together in this court for decision.

Both defendants were • convicted in the intermediate court of Kanawha County, and sentenced to pay fines and undergo imprisonment for violation of Code, 61-10-10, which inhibits the operation of a poolroom, defined to mean “any room where any pool ticket, chance, voucher or certificate entitling or purporting to entitle the holder or promisee thereof, or any other person, to money or other thing of value, contingent upon the result of any horse race, prize fight, game of chance, game of skill or…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. State v. SixoWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1915
  2. State v. PenningtonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1896
  3. State v. KeesWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1922
  4. State v. MatthewsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1936
  5. State v. HurleyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1916

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State v. TaylorWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1947
  2. Pyles v. BolesWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1964
  3. State v. TurnerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1952
  4. State v. GeeneWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1940
  5. McCoy v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940

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