State v. . Patterson
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Criminal action, tried before Buxton, J., at tlie Fall Term, 1872, of Richmond Superior Court. The defendant, with others, was indicted for stealing 800 pounds of.seed cotton, the property of Wm. M. Ballard and another. The defendant, Patterson, was arrested and taken before a Justice of the Peace for examination.
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Criminal action, tried before Buxton, J., at tlie Fall Term, 1872, of Richmond Superior Court. The defendant, with others, was indicted for stealing 800 pounds of.seed cotton, the property of Wm. M. Ballard and another. The defendant, Patterson, was arrested and taken before a Justice of the Peace for examination. Before proceeding to examine the defendant, the attention of the Justice was called by the prosecutor to the importance of cautioning him, the defendant, as to his rights. He was accordingly told by the Justice, before any questions were asked him, that he was not obliged to answer…
1Opinion of the CourtBoyden, J.
In this case there are two questions raised by the record:
First, as to the competency of the confessions made by the defendant to the magistrate before his commitment. The objections urged are that the caution given by the Justice of the Peace were not as full as required by the act of 1868- ’69, chap. 178. In this casg before any confessions were made, the Justice of the Peace told the defendant “ that he was not obliged to answer any question for or against himself, and gave him the choice to answer or not.” The case states that the defendant was without counsel and that nothing was said…
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