State v. Riddle

Neely, Justice:

This is a test-case criminal appeal from a conviction of appellants in the Circuit Court of Harrison County for failure to obey the Compulsory School Attendance Law, W.Va. Code, 18-8-1 [1951] and from fines of ten dollars ($10) each.

On an information given by Florence Hunt, School Attendance Officer, appellants were arrested for failing to send their two children to the public schools. Trial before Magistrate Geraldine Floyd resulted in a conviction and a fine of ten dollars ($10) each. Appellants appealed to the Circuit Court of Harrison County where a trial de novo involving…