State v. Burnett
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Fayette County. Mose Burnett and others were indicted for murder. Mose Burnett and C. C. Burnett, on conviction, bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
English, Judge:
On the 11th day of July, 1898, John Hill, Carrie Hill,. Margie Burnett, Mose Burnett, and C. C. Burnett were jointly indicted in the criminal court of Fayette County) the indictment charging that on June 27, 1898, in the said county, they did unlawfully and feloniously combine and conspire together for the purpose of murdering one Joseph Morris, and, in pursuance of said combination and conspiracy, on the day and year and in the county aforesaid, fel-oniously, wilfully, maliciously, deliberately, and unlawfully did slay, kill, and murder him, the said Joseph Morris, against the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Berry v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1897
- State v. MillerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1873
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