State v. . Littlefield
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction — Statutes— Construction of. INDICTMENT, heard before Gudger, Judge, at August Term, 1885, of the Superior Court of Madison county. The indictment was against the defendant and George W. Swepson, now dead, for a conspiracy. The indictment was fouud at Fall Term, 1870, of the Superior Court of Madison county, and was pending at the August Term, 1885, of said Court.
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Jurisdiction — Statutes— Construction of. INDICTMENT, heard before Gudger, Judge, at August Term, 1885, of the Superior Court of Madison county. The indictment was against the defendant and George W. Swepson, now dead, for a conspiracy. The indictment was fouud at Fall Term, 1870, of the Superior Court of Madison county, and was pending at the August Term, 1885, of said Court. Capiases had been regularly issued from time to time, and the return to each, was that the defendant “was not to be found.” At the last mentioned Term of said Court, his Honor, Judge Gndger presiding, when the case was…
1Opinion of the Court
Ashe, J.,
(after stating the facts). It is provided by the Act of 1885, chapter 180, that, “the Inferior Courts of Buncombe and Madison counties, shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of all crimes committed in said respective counties, of which said Courts now have jurisdiction.” An Inferior Court for the county of Madison had been theretofore established, with concurrent jurisdiction with the Superior Court as to the offence of conspiracy, the crime with which the defendant in the case is charged. We are of opinion that his Honor erred in giving a retroactive-effect to the act of 1885.…
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