State v. Austin

Miller, Justice:

This appeal is from the Circuit Court of Preston County and involves a conviction of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The defendant was found guilty on the third count of an indictment, which count charged him with marrying outside this State a female child of the age of 15, without her parents’ consent and using an altered birth certificate. The trial court dismissed the second count of the indictment and the jury returned a not guilty verdict on the first and fourth counts. The entire indictment centered around acts arising out of the defendant’s marriage.

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