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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA


September 2008 Term ___________ No. 33905 ___________ LEA ANNE HAWKINS, Petitioner Below, Appellant v.

FILED December 2, 2008
released at 10:00 a.m.
RORY L. PERRY II, CLERK SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA

ANTHONY J. JULIAN, JUDGE, AND
MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY OF FAIRMONT,
Respondents Below, Appellees
___________________________________________________ Appeal from the Circuit Court of Marion County
Honorable Fred L. Fox, II, Judge
Civil Action No. 07-P-94
AFFIRMED ___________________________________________________ AND __________ No. 33906 ___________ GRETCHEN MEZZANOTTE, Petitioner Below, Appellant v. ANTHONY J. JULIAN, JUDGE, AND
MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY OF FAIRMONT,
Respondents Below, Appellees
___________________________________________________

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Marion County
Honorable Fred L. Fox, II, Judge
Civil Action No. 07-P-95
AFFIRMED ___________________________________________________ Submitted: October 28, 2008 Filed: December 2, 2008 Frances C. Whiteman, Esq.
Whiteman Burdette, PLLC
Fairmont, West Virginia
Attorney for Appellants
Boyd L. Warner, Esq.
Waters, Warner & Harris, PLLC
Clarksburg, West Virginia
Attorney for Anthony J. Julian, Judge, and the
Municipal Court of the City of Fairmont
CHIEF JUSTICE MAYNARD delivered the Opinion of the Court.
JUSTICE ALBRIGHT not participating.
SENIOR STATUS JUSTICE MCHUGH sitting by temporary assignment.


SYLLABUS BY THE COURT


1.

"Violation of the public ordinances of cities, towns, and villages are

strictly criminal in nature, being offenses against the public, and not merely private wrongs." Syllabus Point 1, City of Charleston v. Beller, 45 W.Va. 44, 30 S.E. 152 (1898). 2. A judge of a municipal court created pursuant to W.Va. Code

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