State v. Sharp

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Reed, J.

The defendant, Charles Sharp, was indicted by the Atlantic county grand jury for that in said county he did commit fornication with Sarah Augusta Cavileer and then and there carnally knew the said Sarah Augusta Cavileer. To this indictment the defendant, after pleading not guilty, withdrew his plea and interposed a demurrer to the indictment. The trial court overruled the demurrer and called upon the defendant to again plead. This the defendant refused to do. The court then caused a jury to be empaneled to try whether the defendant stood mute…