State v. Travis

81 S.E.2d 678 (1954)

STATE

v.

TRAVIS.

No. 10602.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Submitted January 13, 1954.

Decided March 2, 1954.

Clay D. Hammond, West Union, for plaintiff in error.

John G. Fox, Atty. Gen., Virginia Mae Brown, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.

LOVINS, Judge.

Claude O. Travis, hereinafter designated as defendant, was convicted of a violation of the first paragraph of Code, 61-3-30. He was sentenced to pay a fine of $25. From the judgment so sentencing him, he prosecutes this writ of error.

The factual background of this prosecution involves the ownership of a gas…