West Virginia Code Regarding Prize Fighting
Chapter 144, section 27a of the
To suppress prize fighting.
Code of West Virginia
Fourth Edition, 1899.
[27a. I. If any person fight a prize fight in this State, or act as second or trainer, or time-keeper, or referee, or umpire, to any persons so fighting, or if any person assist or in any way aid or abet another to fight a prize fight in this State, he shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than two nor more than ten years.
II. If any person come into this State for the purpose of fighting, or intending to fight a prize fight therein, or for the purpose of acting as second to, or of training, or assisting, or in any way aiding or abetting another to fight a prize fight, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, fined not more than five hundred dollars, or shall be confined in the county jail not exceeding one year, or both, at the discretion of the court.
III. Upon affidavit made before any justice or notary that the affiant has knowledge or information, and believes that any person is about to come into this State for any purpose mentioned in the last preceding section, such justice or notary shall issue his warrant, directed to the sheriff or any constable of his county, requiring him to arrest and bring such person before any justice of the county, and thereupon the same proceedings shall be had as in other cases of persons charged with an offence under chapter one hundred and fifty-six of the Code.
IV. Chapter fifty of the acts of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two and seventy-three is hereby repealed.]