State v. . Baldwin

The defendants were tried in Buncombe County before a justice of the peace on separate warrants charging them with a simple assault. They were adjudged to be guilty, and from the judgment pronounced they appealed to the Superior Court. By consent the cases were there heard together and in each case the appeal was dismissed. From this judgment the defendants appealed to the Supreme Court.

The asserted right of appeal is referred to C. S., 4647, which provides that the accused may appeal from the sentence of a justice of the peace to the Superior Court where the trial shall be anew and without…