State v. . Davis
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT ttoe ARSON and conviction in the Eastern District Criminal Court of EdgecoMbe County, heard on appeal before Bowman, J., at the Superior Court at October Term, 1899, upon motions to quash indictment, and in arrest of judgment, which motions were refused, and the judgment of the Criminal Court affirmed. Prisoner appealed. The grounds of the motions are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
This case came up on appeal from the Superior Court of Edgecombe. The indictment, regular in form and sufficient in substance, and found in, the Eastern District Criminal Court, charges the defendant with arson. At the proper time the defendant moved the Court to quash the bill of indictment for the reason that secs. 19 and 20, of chap. 471, of the Laws of 1899, establishing the Eastern Criminal Court, are unconstitutional. The latter part of sec. 19, referred to, is in these words: “In the event the grand jury a.t any term have not been discharged by the Court, but retained for service at a…
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