State v. . Douglass
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Murder, tried before Buxton, J., at Spring Term 1869, of the Superior Court of Moore, The jury having returned a verdict of guilty, there was a rule upon the State to show cause why a new trial should not be granted for the following reason, viz: That K. H. Worthy, who as Sheriff of Moore county summoned the regular jury, grand and petit, for the term as well as the special venire in the case, was not the lawful Sheriff of the county of Moore, being disqualified under the…
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Murder, tried before Buxton, J., at Spring Term 1869, of the Superior Court of Moore, The jury having returned a verdict of guilty, there was a rule upon the State to show cause why a new trial should not be granted for the following reason, viz: That K. H. Worthy, who as Sheriff of Moore county summoned the regular jury, grand and petit, for the term as well as the special venire in the case, was not the lawful Sheriff of the county of Moore, being disqualified under the XIV Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. (See-Worthy v. Barrett, ante 199.) Rule discharged; Motion in…
1Opinion of the CourtSettle, J.
We have examined this case with the care* which its importance demands, and have considered not only the points made upon the trial below, but have looked to the record to see if anything more could be suggested in favorem vitce. We have found no error in the record. .
Let us consider the points relied upon by the prisoner.
After a verdict of guilty, the prisoner obtained a rule upon' the State to show cause why a new trial should not be granted, for the reason that K. H. Worthy, the person who, as Sheriff of Moore county, summoned the regular jury, grand and petit, for said term of the Court,…
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