Bender v. . Askew

Plea, not guilty, and a special justification under final process.

Upon the trial before his Honor, Strange, J., at LENOIR, on the last spring circuit, a verdict was entered for the plaintiff subject to the opinion of the court, upon the following case:

At the April sessions, 1827, of Lenoir County Court, a writ was returned at the instance of John Tull to the use of the defendant, Askew, against the plaintiff and two others. The return was "executed on all but Bender." An appearance was entered, and pleas filed for those taken, and an alias ordered as to the plaintiff. At January Term, 1828, a…