State v. Craton
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from the Superior Court of Law of Cabarrus County, at the Fall Term, 1845, his Honor Judge Pearson presiding. The defendant was indicted for the wilful murder of Thomas F. Harrison, and, being convicted and judgment pronounced against him, appealed to this Court.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Law of Cabarrus County, at the Fall Term, 1845, his Honor Judge Pearson presiding. The defendant was indicted for the wilful murder of Thomas F. Harrison, and, being convicted and judgment pronounced against him, appealed to this Court. According to the transcript filed by the prisoner in this Court, the indictment was found in Cabarrus Superior Court, on the 3d Monday of February, 1845, which was held by William L. Bailey, one of the Judges of the Superior Court, and it did not appear,by whom the Court was held at August term following, at which term the…
1Opinion of the CourtRuffin, C. J.
The counsel for the prisoner assigned as an error in the judgment, that it does not appear by the record, that the prisoner was personally present in Court, at the time of the trial and sentence passed. The record sets forth the indictment found at February term 1845 ; and then “ the prisoner, John P. Craton, appearing at the bar and pleads not guilty and he is thereupon committed to close custody. At August term following, the record states, that “ it is ordered by the Court, that the prisoner, John P. Craton, be brought to the bar,” and immediately thereafter, it states that the jury were…
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