State v. . Paylor
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT tried at Spring Term, 1883, of PERSON Superior Court, before Gilmer, J. The indictment contains two counts — one for burning a granary and the other for burning a stable, in violation of the act of 1874-75, ch. 228. The defendants were found guilty, and, a motion for a new trial having been overruled, the court pronounced judgment and the defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtAsi-ie, J.
After the verdict was rendered, the defendants moved for a new trial, on the ground :
First, that the jury who were impanelled to try the case were not legally sworn, in that, when the oath was administered to each juror, he was not required to repeat the words “so help me God,” after the words “ so help you God,” pronounced by the clerk. The court found the fact that the jurors were sworn in the usual form.
Secondly, that during the trial, after the evidence had closed, one of the counsel for the state was permitted to make his argument to the jury in the absence of the defendants. The…
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