State v. . Bowman
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT for taking part in lynching, beard on plea of .amnesty before Peebles, J., at July Special Term,-1901, of the Superior Court- of Union County.
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INDICTMENT for taking part in lynching, beard on plea of .amnesty before Peebles, J., at July Special Term,-1901, of the Superior Court- of Union County. At the hearing it was made to appear, on plea duly entered, that in proceedings instituted by the Solicitor, under sections 3200-3201, etc., of Revisal of 1905, and at his instance, the present defendant was summoned, sworn and examined by tbe State touching this alleged lynching, which was then being investigated before his Honor, Walter H. Neal. Judge Pee-bles dismissed the case against defendant, holding that, on the facts, the…
1Opinion of the Court
EIoice, J.,
after stating the case: Our statute on this subject (Eevisal, secs. 8200-3201 el seq.) directs that, whenever a Solicitor is advised that a lynching has occurred in his judicial district, he shall at once institute proceedings before a coroner, justice of the peace or Judge of the Superior Court for an investigation of the crime and the apprehension of the offenders; that on such investigation, or any other, into the crime, made pursuant to law, no person shall be excused from testifying on the ground that his evidence might subject him to prosecution or in any way tend to…
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