State v. Schoonover

GtveN, Judge:

Defendant, Orvil Q. Schoonover, was convicted of false swearing by a jury, in the Intermediate Court of Kanawha County, and a sentence of twelve months in the Kanawha County jail was imposed. The Circuit Court of Kanawha County, though expressing some doubt as to the validity of the sentence, the doubt being as to a controlling question of law, refused a writ of error.

The indictment on which defendant was convicted charged that the defendant was subpoenaed by and appeared before The Crime Commission of West Virginia, and, after being sworn by the co-chairman of the commission,…