State v. . Lee
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT for murder, tried at Fall Term;, 1883, of For-syth Superior Court, before Shipp, J. This case was tried a few days after The Code went into operation — the superior court of Forsyth county being held on the 7th Monday after the 4th Monday in September, 1883. There was a verdict of guilty, and the prisoners appealed from the judgment pronounced, and the presiding judge made up the case on appeal.
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INDICTMENT for murder, tried at Fall Term;, 1883, of For-syth Superior Court, before Shipp, J. This case was tried a few days after The Code went into operation — the superior court of Forsyth county being held on the 7th Monday after the 4th Monday in September, 1883. There was a verdict of guilty, and the prisoners appealed from the judgment pronounced, and the presiding judge made up the case on appeal. Upon the call of the ease in this court, the prisoners moved for a writ of certiorari, for the reasons set forth in an accompanying affidavit, to the effect that they had not been allowed…
1Opinion of the CourtMerrijioN, J.
It was settled in State v. Randall, 88 N. C. 611, that it was the duty of the judge who presided at the trial of a criminal action in which an appeal should be taken, to settle the case upon appeal for this court, and that continued to be the practice until it was changed by statute. The Code, §1234, regulating appeals in criminal action, provides, * * * “and the appeal shall be perfected and the case for the supreme court settled as provided in civil actionsThis statute went into effect on the first day of November, 1883, and its provisions are too plain to be misunderstood or require…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. . RandallSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1883
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- State v. . LeeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1884