State v. . Watson
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Indictment for larceny tried at Fall Term, 1881, of Richmond Superior Court, before Graves, J. The indictment was found by the grand jury of Anson county at spring term, 1880, of the superior court for that county, against the defendant John Dulton and others.
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Indictment for larceny tried at Fall Term, 1881, of Richmond Superior Court, before Graves, J. The indictment was found by the grand jury of Anson county at spring term, 1880, of the superior court for that county, against the defendant John Dulton and others. A capias was issued for the defendant returnable to fall term, 1880, of said court, at which court the cause was continued upon the affidavit of Henry Beverly, one of the co-defendants, to spring term, 1881, at which term the defendant George Watson filed a plea in abatement to the indictment, founded upon an alleged defect in the…
1Opinion of the CourtAshe, J.
The only exception taken on the trial was to-the ruling of His Honor in admitting certain evidence-which was objected to by the defendant, but we think it needless to consider it, as we are of the opinion that an error was committed in declining to entertain the plea of abatement.
Every defendant has the right before he is put to answer a charge of the state against him, to require that the accusation should be preferred by a bill of indictment found by a grand jury composed of «men qualified to serve, as prescribed by law, and he is at liberty to avail himself of the disqualification of any…
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