Legal Opinion

State v. Bowers

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided February 15, 1886PublishedCited by 8 opinions

This was an INDICTMENT for an affray, tried before Montgomery, Judge, at Fall Term, 1885, of the Superior Court of Iredell county. The defendant being convicted, appealed from the judgment thereupon pronounced. The facts appear in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtMerrimon, J.

The defendant and another, were indicted in the Superior Court of the county of Iredell, for a simple affray, “committed within one mile of the place where, and during the time such Court was being held.” He pleaded autrefois acquit.

On the trial, it appeared that the mayor of the town of States-ville, in which the court-house of that county was situated, issued his warrant, charging the defendant and some other persons, with a simple affray committed in that town, and within a mile of the court-house where, the Superior Court was being held. The defendant produced in evidence, the docket of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State v. . TaylorSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1881
  2. State v. . WillifordSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1884

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. . GregorySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1943
  2. State v. GregorySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1943
  3. State v. ParkerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1951
  4. State v. . Cross and WhiteSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1888
  5. State v. BattleSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1902

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