State v. . Ledford

As tbe verdict of the jury was not recorded in the Superior Court, though conceded by counsel for defendant to have been returned “Guilty of manslaughter,” it would be necessary to remand the cause for correction of the record (S. v. Brown, ante, 513), but for an error, presently appearing, which requires that the bill of indictment be quashed or the action abated. S. v. Crowder, 193 N. C., 130, 136 S. E., 337; S. v. Branch, 68 N. C., 186.

It appears from the record that on 2 May, 1932, the solicitor sent a bill to the grand jury, in which it was charged the defendant “wilfully and feloniously…