W. Va. Code § 61-2-7
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§61-2-7. Attempt to kill or injure by poison; penalty.
Official statutory text
If any person administer, or attempt to administer, any poison or other destructive thing in food, drink, medicine or otherwise, or poison any spring, well, reservoir, conduit or pipe of water, with intent to kill or injure another person, he shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than three nor more than eighteen years.
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