Legal Opinion

State v. . Warren

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided February 5, 1888PublishedCited by 4 opinions

MotioN to docket a bastardy proceeding for trial, upon the return of a writ of recordari, heard before Phillips, J., at May Term, 1887, of. Durham Superior Court. The facts appear in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.

One, Belle Graham, having given birth to a bastard child, the paternity of which she charges upon the-defendant, on January 18th, 1887, sued out a warrant against him from Thomas Lipscomb, a Justice of the Peace, in the township of Lebanon, in Durham- County, which ■ was returned and came on for trial on the 27th day of the same-month. On the affidavit of the defendant, “ that he could not get justice before the said Lipscomb,” the cause was transmitted to one J. G. Latta, a Justice, within the same-township, to be taken up and tried at the hour of 10 a. m. on Saturday two days thereafter.…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. West v. . ReynoldsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1886
  2. Spaugh v. . BonerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1881
  3. Stell v. . BarhamSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1882
  4. Brittain v. . MullSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1885
  5. Lindsay v. . MooreSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1880

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. . GriffisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1895
  2. Hunter v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1913
  3. State v. . FloydSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1933
  4. Estes v. . HairstonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1827

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