State v. . Boon
Supreme Court of North Carolina
IndictmeNt for Murder removed from Yancey and tried at Spring Term, 1879, of-Madison Superior Court, before Gudger, J. The prisoner was charged with the murder of one Samuel Butner, and from the statement of the case, the following substantially appears: The clerk was directed to furnish prisoner’s counsel with a list of the names of the special venire, the names of four of whom were by mistake of the clerk left out of the box.
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IndictmeNt for Murder removed from Yancey and tried at Spring Term, 1879, of-Madison Superior Court, before Gudger, J. The prisoner was charged with the murder of one Samuel Butner, and from the statement of the case, the following substantially appears: The clerk was directed to furnish prisoner’s counsel with a list of the names of the special venire, the names of four of whom were by mistake of the clerk left out of the box. Upon suggestion of prisoner’s counsel that the names of these four had not been called, the court directed them to be put in the box and drawn. The prisoner made no…
1Opinion of the CourtAshe, J.
There were a good many exceptions taken in this case to the instructions given by His Honor to the jury, and one in regard to the drawing of the jury. The names of four jurors on the list were by mistake of the clerk omitted to be put in the box with the others, but upon dis-covery of the mistake they were put in and drawn. And ten jurors of the special venire when drawn were ordered to stand aside until the panel was exhausted, and then their names were called from the list in the order in which they had been drawn, and were disposed of by the state and prisoner, the prisoner accepting one…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- State v. . WhiteSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1873
- State v. . DavisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1879
- State v. . ChavisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1879
- State v. . BoonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1879
- State v. . ScottSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1870
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- State v. . BrabhamSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1891
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