Legal Opinion

State v. . Keebler

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided December 11, 1907PublishedCited by 13 opinions

CRIMINAL action, tried before Peebles, J., and a jury, at September Term, 1907, of the Superior Court of McDowell County. Er'om conviction and judgment defendants appealed. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the Court.

1Opinion of the CourtClaeic, C. J.

When this case was called the counsel of record for the defendants stated that his clients, who had been convicted of larceny, had broken jail and were beyond the process of the Court. This admission was entered on our records,- and the Assistant Attorney-General, in behalf of the State, has filed his motion to dismiss the appeal, upon the authority of State v. Jacobs, 107 N. C., 772, and State v. Anderson, 111 N. C., 689.

In State v. Jacobs, supra, which was a conviction for murder, the Court held (Avery, J.) that, “where one convicted of a crime appeals from the judgment and escapes, the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Smith v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  2. Bohanan v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  3. State v. . JacobsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
  4. State v. Dixon.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1902
  5. McWilliams v. JenkinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1882

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Pruitt v. WoodSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1930
  2. Pruitt v. . WoodSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1930
  3. Belcher v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1913
  4. State v. StocktonCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1971
  5. State v. . SmithSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1910

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