State v. . Hensley
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT for murder, tried before Gudger, Judge, and a jury, at the December Term, 1885, of the Superior Court of Buncombe county. The prisoner was indicted for the murder of one Vm. G. Haney.
Read the full summary
INDICTMENT for murder, tried before Gudger, Judge, and a jury, at the December Term, 1885, of the Superior Court of Buncombe county. The prisoner was indicted for the murder of one Vm. G. Haney. On the calling of the special venire, which was drawn from the jury box in accordance with the provisions of §1739 of The Code, the prisoner challenged the array, and for cause of chai-lenge showed, and the Court found the fact to be, that there was no revision of the jury list at the September meeting, 1885, of the Board of Commissioners of Buncombe county. That the last revision was in September,…
1Opinion of the CourtMekbiMON, J.
The causes of challenge to the array assigned, were not such as entitled the prisoner to have the whole panel of the special venire quashed. It is true that the county commissioners were very negligent in failing to revise and correct the jury lists, and to place the names of all persons in the county, elligible to be jurors, in tbe jury box; and the chairman of the Board of Commissioners, the Clerk, and Sheriff, were equally negligent in respect to their respective duties as to the locking, custody, and safe-keeping of that box. Such neglect was highly culpable, and ought not to pass…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- State v. . BrittainSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1883
- Monroe v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1848
- State v. . TurpinSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1877
- Adams v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1868
- State v. . MatthewsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1878
8 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by45 opinions
- State v. YoesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1967
- State v. . PottsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1888
- State v. WoodsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1975
- S. v. . EnglishSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1913
- State v. Bohanon.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
40 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.