State v. . Baldwin
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INBictment' for an Escape- tried at Pall Term, 1878, of Macon Superior Court, before Avery, J. The bill of indictment was found at fall term, 1877, and is as follows: The jurors, &c.., present, that at spring term, 1876, of the superior court of Macon county, one William A. Shepherd and one Henry W. Watson, charged with' the-murder of one James P. Luckey, were duly committed to-the care and custody of J. A. Baldwin, he the said Baldwin, then and still being- keeper of the…
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INBictment' for an Escape- tried at Pall Term, 1878, of Macon Superior Court, before Avery, J. The bill of indictment was found at fall term, 1877, and is as follows: The jurors, &c.., present, that at spring term, 1876, of the superior court of Macon county, one William A. Shepherd and one Henry W. Watson, charged with' the-murder of one James P. Luckey, were duly committed to-the care and custody of J. A. Baldwin, he the said Baldwin, then and still being- keeper of the common jail of said county, there to be kept and imprisoned in the jail aforesaid until further proceedings he had in…
1Opinion of the CourtDillakd, J.
The defendant as keeper of the- common jail of Macon county was charged with the negligent escape from said jail of Wm. A. Shepherd and Henry W. Watson duly committed to the jail upon a charge of the murder of one James P. Luckey.
Prom the transcript and the case of appeal it appears that the defendant was indicted at fall term, 1877, and that the cause was continued at spring term, 1878, without any statement on the record for whom it was so continued, whether the state or the defendant. At fall term, 1878, on calling the cause for trial, the defendant moved the court to quash the bill of…
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