State v. Cottrell
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Ritchie County. Richard Cottrell was convicted of burglary,, and brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Dent, Judge:
Richard Cottrell was tried for a felony in the circuit court of Ritchie county, found guilty, and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. On a writ of error to this Court he relies on the following assignments: (1) That the county in the indictment on which he was found guilty should be quashed, because it fails to use the word “burglariously”; *838(2) that the judge who tried the case was also the prosecuting attorney who signed the indictment.
The indictment is as follows: “The State of West Virginia, Ritchie County, to wit: In the Circuit Court of said County. The grand jurors…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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