State v. . Terry
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT for murder, tried at September Term, of Guilfokd, before Webb, J. The prisoner was convicted of murder in first degree, and from the judgment sentencing him to death, appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBkown, J.
In apt time, after rendition of the verdict, the prisoner filed a written motion for a new trial, “for that he has not had a fair and impartial trial and such as is guaranteed to him by the laws of the land”:
1. Because the special venire from which the jurors were chosen to try the prisoner should have been summoned from some other county than the county of Guilford.
We fail to find in the record any motion by prisoner to summon a venire from' an adjoining county. Had such motion been made and denied, it could not be reviewed by us, as it is a matter within the sound discretion of the judge of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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