State v. Farrell

We have here for determination, (1) tbe sufficiency of tbe arraignment, (2) tbe competency of tbe defendant’s testimony taken *806at the former trial as evidence against him, and (3) the correctness of the charge.

First, in respect of the sufficiency of the arraignment, it will be noted that a true bill was found by the grand jury at the March Term, 1943, Durham Superior Court, at which term the defendant was duly arraigned and entered a plea of not guilty. He was thereafter tried at the March-April Special Term, 1943, Durham Superior Court, and convicted. From this conviction he appealed to the…