DENT v. WEST VIRGINIA

No. 119.

129 U.S. 114 (1889)

DENT v. WEST VIRGINIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 14, 1889.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. M.H. Dent for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Alfred Caldwell, Attorney General of West Virginia, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE FIELD, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

Whether the indictment upon which the plaintiff in error was tried and found guilty is open to objection for want of sufficient certainty in its averments, is a question which does not appear to have been raised either on the trial or before the Supreme Court of the State. The presiding justice of the latter court in its opinion states that the...

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