State v. . Carter
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT for embezzlement, tried before Bryan, J., on appeal from Criminal Court of Bobeson County, upon plea in abatement, for wrong venue. The plea was overruled, and the defendant, required to answer over, and be appealed to Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the CourtFurches, J.
The defendant stands indicted in the county of Bobeson for embezzlement. To this indictment he files a plea in abatement in which he alleges that if he is guilty of the crime of which he stands charged, it is in. the county of New Hanover and Columbus, and not in Bobeson. We pass by what seems to be a defect in the plea in -abatement, for want of certainty, as it shows that tire venue should be in New Hanover or Columbus, and not in Robeson. But we treat the plea as sufficient, and proceed to consider the case as if it was in proper form.
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