State v. . Jones
Supreme Court of North Carolina
The transcript of the case sent to this Court sets out an indictment against the defendant for an attempt to assist prisoners to break jail, which, was found at Spring Term, 1877, of WayNE Superior Court, and states : “That the defendant by his Attorney agrees to submit and does submit to the judgment of the Court upon the following facts,— namely ; it is a fact that Joe Erown, George Holland and Caesar Whitfield were prisoners in the common jail of Wayne County; that the…
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The transcript of the case sent to this Court sets out an indictment against the defendant for an attempt to assist prisoners to break jail, which, was found at Spring Term, 1877, of WayNE Superior Court, and states : “That the defendant by his Attorney agrees to submit and does submit to the judgment of the Court upon the following facts,— namely ; it is a fact that Joe Erown, George Holland and Caesar Whitfield were prisoners in the common jail of Wayne County; that the defendant, Albert Jones, did cause to be carried to said'prisoners while in jail, one adz and one bar of iron without the…
1Opinion of the CourtFaircloth, J.
We cannot dispose of this case without calling attention to the' gross irregularities and omissions apparent on the rbeord. The name of no witness is endorsed on the bill of indictment, and it does nofi appear that "a single witness was sworn, sent or heard before the grand jury. The name of the foreman is not upon the bill, nor does it appear that it was ever returned into Court. Ye cannot see that it was found “ a true bill” or “ not a true bill,” and it does not appear that any confession or plea was entered ; nor that any evidence was heard or trial had, nor by whom the judgment was…
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