Code of West Virginia, 1931

Code	Chapter	Article	Section Heading	Section Text Preview	Status
62-9-14	Ch. 62 — CRIMINAL PROCEDURE	Forms of Indictments	Indictment for False Statement of Financial Condition	An indictment for obtaining credit, loan, etc., by false statement in writing, shall be sufficient if it be in form, tenor or effect as follows (after following…	Proofed
62-9-15	Ch. 62 — CRIMINAL PROCEDURE	Forms of Indictments	Indictment for Giving Worthless Check	An indictment for giving a worthless check shall be sufficient if it be in form, tenor or effect as follows (after following the form in section one): That A.…	Proofed
62-9-16	Ch. 62 — CRIMINAL PROCEDURE	Forms of Indictments	Indictment for the Forgery of Writings	An indictment for the forgery of any writing shall be sufficient if it be in form, tenor or effect as follows (after following the form in section one): That …	Proofed
62-9-17	Ch. 62 — CRIMINAL PROCEDURE	Forms of Indictments	Indictment for Perjury	An indictment for perjury shall be sufficient if it be in form, tenor or effect as follows (after following the form in section one): That on the.............…	Proofed
62-9-18	Ch. 62 — CRIMINAL PROCEDURE	Forms of Indictments	Indictment for Disturbing Religious Worship	An indictment for disturbing religious worship shall be sufficient if it be in form, tenor or effect as follows (after following the form in section one): Th…	Proofed
62-9-19	Ch. 62 — CRIMINAL PROCEDURE	Forms of Indictments	Indictment for Bigamy	An indictment for bigamy shall be sufficient if it be in form, tenor or effect as follows (after following the form in section one): That A...................…	Proofed
62-9-20	Ch. 62 — CRIMINAL PROCEDURE	Forms of Indictments	Indictment for Adultery	An indictment for adultery and fornication shall be sufficient if it be in form, tenor or effect as follows (after following the form in section one): That A..…	Proofed
62-9-21	Ch. 62 — CRIMINAL PROCEDURE	Forms of Indictments	Indictment for Keeping House of Ill Fame	An indictment for keeping a house of ill fame, assignation house or house of like character, shall be sufficient if it be in form, tenor or effect as follows (a…	Proofed
62-10-1	Ch. 62 — CRIMINAL PROCEDURE	Prevention of Crime	Security to Keep the Peace	Every justice of the peace shall have the power to require, from persons not of good fame, security for their good behavior and to keep the peace, for a term no…	Proofed
62-10-2	Ch. 62 — CRIMINAL PROCEDURE	Prevention of Crime	Intended Offense; Complaint; Warrant	If complaint be made to any justice, that there is good cause to fear that a person intends to commit an offense against the person or property of another, he s…	Proofed
62-10-3	Ch. 62 — CRIMINAL PROCEDURE	Prevention of Crime	Hearing; Judgment; Appeal	When such person appears, if the justice, on hearing the parties, consider that there is not good cause for the complaint, he shall discharge such person, and m…	Proofed
62-10-4	Ch. 62 — CRIMINAL PROCEDURE	Prevention of Crime	Proceedings on Appeal; Discharge From Commitment by Circuit Court	The court may dismiss the complaint, or affirm the judgment, and make such order as it may deem proper as to the costs. If it award costs against the appellant,…	Proofed
62-10-5	Ch. 62 — CRIMINAL PROCEDURE	Prevention of Crime	Recognizance in Carrying Weapons	If any person go armed with a deadly, dangerous or prohibited weapon, in violation of any of the provisions of article seven, chapter sixty-one of this Code, he…	Proofed
62-10-6	Ch. 62 — CRIMINAL PROCEDURE	Prevention of Crime	Offenses in Presence of Constable; Duties of Constable; Procedure	If any person shall, in the presence of a constable and within his county, make an affray, or threaten to beat, wound or kill another, or to commit violence aga…	Proofed
62-10-7	Ch. 62 — CRIMINAL PROCEDURE	Prevention of Crime	Offenses in Presence of Justice; Penalty; Procedure	If any offense enumerated in section six of this article be committed in the presence of a justice within his county, or, the offender being brought before him,…	Proofed
62-10-8	Ch. 62 — CRIMINAL PROCEDURE	Prevention of Crime	Special Peace Officers at Fairs; Duty to Arrest for all Offenses Committed at Fairs	It shall be lawful for any justice of the peace, on the application of any of the officers of any state, county, or independent agricultural and mechanical asso…	Proofed
63-1-1	Ch. 63 — REPEAL OF STATUTES	Repeal of Acts of a General Nature; Special or Local Acts Not Affected	Effective Date of Code; Repeal of Acts of a General Nature	All the provisions of the preceding chapters, articles and sections shall be in force upon and after the first day of January, nineteen hundred and thirty-one; …	Proofed
63-1-2	Ch. 63 — REPEAL OF STATUTES	Repeal of Acts of a General Nature; Special or Local Acts Not Affected	Effect of Such Repeal in General	Such repeal shall not affect any offense or act committed or done, or any penalty or forfeiture incurred, or any right established, accrued, or accruing, before…	Proofed
63-1-3	Ch. 63 — REPEAL OF STATUTES	Repeal of Acts of a General Nature; Special or Local Acts Not Affected	Special or Local Acts Not Repealed	No act authorizing the issuing of any state bonds, or of a special or local character, is repealed by the adoption of this Code.	Proofed
63-1-4	Ch. 63 — REPEAL OF STATUTES	Repeal of Acts of a General Nature; Special or Local Acts Not Affected	Effect of Repeal on Persons in Office, and on Practitioners of Professions and Occupations	All persons who, at the time such repeal takes effect, shall hold any office under any of the acts hereby repealed, shall continue to hold the same according to…	Proofed
63-1-5	Ch. 63 — REPEAL OF STATUTES	Repeal of Acts of a General Nature; Special or Local Acts Not Affected	Notice, Recognizance, or Process Given, Taken, or Issued Before Code in Force; Nothing in Code to Operate to Discontinue Any Pending Case	Although a notice, recognizance, or process shall have been given, taken, or issued before the day on which this Code takes effect, it may, nevertheless, be giv…	Proofed