State v. . Wood

The regular December term of Randolph should have opened on Monday, 3 December, 1917. At that time Hon. E. B. Cline, the judge holding the courts of the district, being still engaged in the (811) trial of Gaston B. Means for murder in Cabarrus, addressed the following letter to the sheriff of Randolph.

CONCORD, N.C. 30 November, 1917.

To the Sheriff of Randolph County, N.C.

Confirming my message to you of this date you are ordered and directed to adjourn the approaching term of the Superior Court of Randolph from Monday, 3-15 December, to begin on Monday, 10 December, 1917, which is Monday of…