State v. Boggs
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Harrison County. J. E. Boggs was convicted of assault with intent to kill, and he brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Lively, Judge:
This writ of error brings up for review the judgment of the Criminal Court of Harrison County rendered on the 18th of November, 1920, which sentenced J. E. Boggs to confinement in the penitentiary for two years on a verdict finding him guilty of an unlawful assault with intent to maim, disfigure, disable and kill Clyde C'offindaffer.
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2Cases cited8 opinions
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