State v. Odom

This is a motion to retax criminal costs in a case of felony. The costs in the cause. were taxed at the January term, 1886, and have been paid by the county of Davidson, ‘and the cause has gone off the dockets.

It appears that the costs, of the State’s witnesses summoned before the grand jury were adjudged against and paid by the county of Davidson, and the cause is now re-instated upon the docket, and motion is made to retax such costs against the State in favor of the county.

There are an. indefinite number of such cases in the counties of Davidson and Montgomery, in which it is proposed to…