Legal Opinion

State v. Hensley

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided May 11, 1920PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Error to Circuit Court, Mingo County. Rufus Hensley was convicted of bringing intoxicating liquors into the state and of carrying such liquors betwe'en points in the state, and he brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Ritz, Judge :

The defendant in this case was found guilty by the verdict of a jury upon an indictment charging him with a violation of the prohibition laws, in that he brought intoxicating liquors into the State of West Virginia, and also carried such intoxicating liquors from one point in the state to another point therein, and to the judgment of the circuit court sentencing him to pay a fine, *435and to serve a term of imprisonment, he prosecutes this writ of error.

It appears that about the 28th of August, 1918, a prohibition officer located at the city of Williamson, in the county of Mingo, was…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State v. DennisonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1919

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State v. BurtonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1979
  2. State v. PietrantonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1954
  3. State v. McDonieWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1921
  4. State v. McCoyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1929
  5. State v. HussionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1922

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