State v. . Norwood
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Motion by defendant to endorse the name of the prosecutor on the bill of indictment, under the act of 1879, ch-49, heard at June Special Term, 1880, of Waice Superior Court, before Gudger, J. The defendant, Jacob Norwood, was indicted for slandering Annie L. Hunter, (under the act of 1879, ch. 156,) and was tried and acquitted at said term.
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Motion by defendant to endorse the name of the prosecutor on the bill of indictment, under the act of 1879, ch-49, heard at June Special Term, 1880, of Waice Superior Court, before Gudger, J. The defendant, Jacob Norwood, was indicted for slandering Annie L. Hunter, (under the act of 1879, ch. 156,) and was tried and acquitted at said term. On the trial, Annie Hunter and others were examined as witnesses for the prosecution, and at the same term, the said Annie was, by order of the court, marked as prosecutrix in the case, and ordered to pay the costs of the prosecution, including all…
1Opinion of the CourtAshe, J.
There are two points made by the record, first, the want of notice, and secondly, that the court below committed an error in its construction of the act of 1879, and according to the statement of the case as made by His Honor, he had no power to make the order in question.
As to the question of notice, we concur with the judge that there was sufficient evidence of notice to warrant the order. It appears that at the preceding term of the court, the defendant's counsel gave notice in open court, when the case of the State v. Norwood was called and continued, the witnesses being present and Annie…
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