State v. . Prince .

This was an indictment found at Spring Term 1869 of the Superior Court of Cherokee, against William Prince, for murder, and against two other prisoners, as being present aiding and abetting. The prisoners pleaded not guilty; the jury were sworn and empanelled; the witnesses for the prosecution and the defence were sworn. Before any of them had been examined, “ the prisoners’ counsel proposed that they should be examined as witnesses for each other;” the Solicitor objected, but the Judge decided that each was entitled to be examined for or against the others. From this decision the Solicitor…