Legal Opinion

State v. Hurley

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided September 19, 1916PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Error to Circuit Court, Marshall County. William Hurley was convicted of violating the prohibition law, and he brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Ijynoti, Judge:

Convicted upon an indictment charging a violation of §3, eh. 32a, Code, and fined and sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail, William Hurley, upon this writ, assigns as erroneous numerous rulings of the trial court. Of these assignments only those are urged seriously, either in brief or oral argument, -which challenge the sufficiency of the indictment and of the evidence to sustain the conviction and the propriety of the only instruction proposed and given on behalf of the state. It may be said that the sole question of any real merit, demanding consideration, is the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Ward v. BrownWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1903
  2. State v. ChisnellWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1892
  3. State v. CalhounWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1910
  4. Hall & Co. v. Lyons & Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1887
  5. State v. SixoWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1915

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. CountsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1922
  2. State v. StoneWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1925
  3. State v. BlackwellWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1926
  4. State v. BierceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1933
  5. State v. McCoy McClungWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1940

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