Legal Opinion

State v. Price

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided February 21, 1922PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Error to Circuit Court, Calboun County. Areb Price was convicted of" assault, and be brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Miller, Judge:

Tbe indictment alleges that the grand jurors “upon their oaths present that Arch Price, on the-day of-, 1917, and within one year next preceding the finding of ■ this indictment, * * * in and upon one Ernest McCoy, an assault did make” etc.

The errors assigned are that the court below should have sustained defendant’s demurrer to and motion to quash the indictment, and also his motion in arrest of judgment.

The record of the indictment shows that it was found and returned on the 20th day of April, 1920. The attorney general says in his brief that the evidence showed that the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Shiflett v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1913
  2. Terrell v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1905
  3. State v. BruceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1885
  4. State v. DavisWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1910
  5. Jones v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1866

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Hunt v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1927
  2. State v. RunyonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1926
  3. State v. RectorWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1947
  4. State v. RectorWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1947

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