West Virginia Code § 7-9-20

Procedure after sentence
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When a person is sentenced to such workhouse by the circuit or criminal courts, the clerk
thereof shall make and deliver to the sheriff a certified copy of the docket and journal
entries, showing the crime charged and the sentence of the court, which shall be delivered
by the sheriff to the proper officer in charge of such workhouse, which shall be his warrant
for detaining such person in custody therein. In case of such convictions by eany court or
magistrate, such court or magistrate shall make a certified transcript of the docket in such
case, which shall in like manner be delivered to the marshal or constabrle or sheriff by such
court or magistrate, which shall be delivered by such officer to the proper officer in charge
of such workhouse, which shall be his warrant for detaining such person in custody therein.
In all cases of sentences to a workhouse, the person so sentenced may be confined in the jail
of the county or corporation prison for such period as may bte reasonably necessary for the
officer to procure the papers and make arrangements to transport to such workhouse.

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