State v. Thompson
West Virginia Supreme Court
Writ of error to a judgment of the circuit court of the county of Wayne, rendered on the 31th day of July, 1881, upon an indictment for murder against WadeH. Thompson, allowed upon the petition of said Thompson. Thomas II. Harvey, special judge, rendered the judgment complained of. G-men, Judge, furnishes the following statement of the case: On March 4, 1878, the grand jury of Wayne county was formed and duly sworn, and on March 6, 1878, found an indictment against Wade Ii.
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Writ of error to a judgment of the circuit court of the county of Wayne, rendered on the 31th day of July, 1881, upon an indictment for murder against WadeH. Thompson, allowed upon the petition of said Thompson. Thomas II. Harvey, special judge, rendered the judgment complained of. G-men, Judge, furnishes the following statement of the case: On March 4, 1878, the grand jury of Wayne county was formed and duly sworn, and on March 6, 1878, found an indictment against Wade Ii. Thompson, for the murder of Alonzo McCoy on 'December 18, 1877. He had not been previously arrested, but immediately…
1Judgment of the CourtGreen, Judge
The petition for a writ of error in this case, was founded as T conceive upon serious misconception of the true relations in this State, which exist between a court and a jury in the trial of any case, either civil or criminal. And also upon a misconception of the grounds on which the Appellate Court in a criminal case, will reverse the judgment of the court, below, when a now trial was asked and refused by the court below. The petition is obviously based on the assumption, that it was the duty of the court below to have awarded a new trial, simply becaxi.se in its judgment there was a…
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