Woods v. Cottrell
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Kanawha' County. Proceedings by Gibby Woods against Joel Cottrell, Justice, and others, for writ of prohibition. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Brannon, Judge:
A justice of Kanawha county issued a warrant requiring the arrest of Gibby Woods charging that he kept and exhibited "a gaming table, called an A B C table and E 0 table and faro bank and keno table and table of like kind, under the denomination of slot machine.” The warrant required the constable to arrest Woods and bring him before the .justice to answer the charge,, and also to seize the slot machine and any money staked and exhibited to allure persons to bet at such table or bank, and under it the constable arrested Woods and seized the slot machine, and upon hearing Woods…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Mugler v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Ball v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- In Re ConverseSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- State v. SponaugleWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1898
6 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by20 opinions
- In re MagliscoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Nulter v. State Road Commission of West VirginiaWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1937
- State v. DerryIndiana Supreme Court · 1908
- American Telephone & Telegraph Company's AppealSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
- Club Ass'n of West Virginia, Inc. v. WiseDistrict Court, S.D. West Virginia · 2001
15 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.