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109 N.C. 789

14 S.E 110

State v. . Lance

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided September 5, 1891

Supreme Court of North Carolina · decided 1891-09-05

The defendant J. A. Lance and four others were indicted for assault and battery with deadly weapons upon J. H. Sumner, and tried at June Term, 1891, of the Criminal Court of Buncombe County, before Carter, J. There was a verdict of not guilty as to the defendant J. A. Lance, and the Solicitor consented to a verdict of not guilty as to the other defendants.

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently May 1915

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Decided 1891-09-05

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Davis, J.:

¶1 Under §§ 737 and 1204 of The Code, in all criminal actions if the defendant be acquitted, nolle prosequi entered, or judgment arrested, if the prosecution shall appear to have been frivolous or malicious the Court may order the prosecutor to pay the costs, whether marked on the bill or not; and, under § 738 of The Code, he may be imprisoned for the non-payment thereof if the Court, Judge or Justice before whom the trial was had “ shall adjudge that the prosecution was frivolous or malicious.” It is found as a fact by the Judge below that the prosecution was both frivolous and malicious, and he adjudged that the prosecutor Sumner pay the costs, and this is conclusive. State v. Hamilton, 106 N C., 660.

¶2 No error.

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