Legal Opinion
State v. Simmons
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided September 29, 1925No. 5446PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hatcher, Judge:
Upon an indictment charging the device of a scheme to defraud, and an overt act in commission thereof, imder section 6, chapter 55-B of Barnes Code, 1923, A. J. Simmons was found guilty By a jury in the Criminal Court of Harrison County, and by the court fined and sentenced to a term in the penitentiary. The Circuit Court of that County refused to review the case, and the defendant prosecutes error here. The indictment is in part as follows:
“The Grand Jurors of the State of West. Virginia, in and for the body of the County of Harrison, and now attending The Criminal Court of…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- United States v. CarllSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- United States v. HessSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- United States v. CookSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Evans v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
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3Cited by12 opinions
- State v. HarrisonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1947
- State v. ZitzelsbergerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1946
- State v. MatthewsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1936
- State v. GarnerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1946
- State v. AshWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1954
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