State v. . Whitt
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Indictment for murder, tried in Buncombe Criminal Court, before Jones, J. The facts appear in the opinion. The prisoner appealed from the judgment pronounced.
1Opinion of the Court
Clark, J.:
The prisoner was indicted for murder and was convicted of murder in the second degree. There was a special venire of one hundred and fifty men ordered and drawn from the box by the Court. The Code, § 1739; State v. Brogden, 111 N. C., 656. The prisoner challenged the array—
1. Because one of the men named on the special venire had removed from the county, and another was dead at the time the jury list had been revised by the County Commissioners.
2. Because the Sheriff had endorsed on the writ and list of special venire: “Received 25th October, 1893; executed 30th October, 1893, by…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Insurance Co. v. MosleySupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- State v. . HensleySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1886
- Jones v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1880
- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1859
- State v. . BrogdenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1892
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3Cited by32 opinions
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- State v. ReidSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1994
- State v. Jarrell.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
- State v. . QuickSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1909
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