Commissioners of Guilford County v. March

An indictment charging one John W. Thomas with perjury was found at fall term, 1866, by the grand jury of the superior court of Guilford county, on which, by the direction of the presiding judge, the name of the defendant, William B. March, was entered as prosecutor. At spring term, 1869, a capias was ordered to issue against the accused, when the solicitor should so require, provided the prosecutor should first assume payment of the costs hitherto incurred, and give adequate security to be approved by the clerk for the discharge of such as might thereafter accrue. This order was made on the…