Legal Opinion

State v. . Davis

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided September 5, 1891PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Indictment for bigamy, tried at Pall Term, 1891, of Ashe Superior Court, Bynum, ./., presiding.

1Opinion of the Court

Clark, J.:

The challenge to the juror was properly overruled. The cause was tried at August Term, 1891, of Ashe Superior Court. The regular jurors were, therefore, drawn from the list revised by the Commissioners at their session on the first Monday in September, 1890. They could not then have thrown out a juror for “ not having paid his taxes for the fiscal year ending June, 1890,” since that tax list did not go into the Sheriff’s hands before such meeting in September, 1890, Acts 1889, ch. 218, § 89. The Commissioners of the county were required'to revise the list in September, 1890, by…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. State v. . LewisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
  2. State v. . NormanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1829
  3. State v. . CarlandSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1884
  4. State v. . HaywoodSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1886
  5. State v. . HaywoodSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1867

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  2. State v. . LewisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
  3. State v. . LevySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1924
  4. State v. . KellySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1940
  5. Wright v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1951

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