State v. . Boon
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDictment for Murder tried at Pall Term, 1878, of YaNcey Superior Court, before Gudger, J. The prisoner and one Edward Boon were indicted for the murder of John S. Woodfin, the latter as having done the killing, and the prisoner as being present, aiding and abetting.
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INDictment for Murder tried at Pall Term, 1878, of YaNcey Superior Court, before Gudger, J. The prisoner and one Edward Boon were indicted for the murder of John S. Woodfin, the latter as having done the killing, and the prisoner as being present, aiding and abetting. The case states that Plis Honor instructed the sheriff in executing the writ of venire facias to summon such men only as were freeholders and had paid their taxes for the last year, and in selecting the jury challenges were allowed both to the state and to the prisoner, because those challenged were not freeholders, or had not…
1Opinion of the CourtAshe, J.
After the prisoner was found guilty by the jury, a rule was obtained in his behalf for a new trial on the following grounds — (1) because proper evidence had been rejected, (2) because a juror was made to stand aside and was not allowed to serve on the. jury after he had been tendered and accepted by the prisoner, but before he was sworn, he being related to prisoner and deceased, and (8) because when the order was made for a special venire,His Plonor instructed the sheriff to summon only freeholders and such as had paid their taxes for the last year. Rule discharged.
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- McCarty v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1872
- Mitchener v. . Atkinson and OthersSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1869
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- State v. FullerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1894
- S. v. . VannSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1913
- State v. . LambertSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1885
- State v. . FullerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1894
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