1 W. Va. 336
Decided January 15, 1866
West Virginia Supreme Court · decided 1866-01-15
This ease was tried at the September term, 1865, of .the circuit court of Lewis county. Hoover was indicted for the larceny of a grey mare, the property of one Owen Mulvey, Jr., in the county of Lewis. There was no evidence produced on the trial that the offense was committed within the jurisdiction of the circuit court of that county.
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Decided 1866-01-15
Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently December 1900
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¶1There being no evidence in the record showing that the offense was committed within the jurisdiction of the circuit court of Lewis county, the court below erred in overruling the motion for a new trial. The judgment of that court is, therefore, reversed, and the cause is remanded to the circuit court of Lewis county for a new trial.
¶2JudgmeNt reversed.