161 N.C. 245
76 S.E 238
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided November 13, 1912
Supreme Court of North Carolina · decided 1912-11-13
Appeal by defendant from 0. II. Allen, J., at July Term, 1912, of Fobsyth. • The defendant was charged in the indictment with the violation of section 3349 of the Revisal, which denounces the crime against nature, and the jury returned as their verdict: “Guilty of an attempt to commit the crime charged in the bill of indictment.” Upon this verdict, the defendant was sentenced to four months in jail and assigned to work on the public roads.
Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently June 1965
3 state decisions
Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know
Decided 1912-11-13
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¶1 The judgment, upon the verdict of the jury, is fully authorized by Revisal, sec. 3269, which reads as follows :
¶2 “Upon the trial of any indictment the prisoner may be convicted of the crime charged therein or of a less degree of the same crime, or of an attempt to commit a less degree of the same crime.”
¶3 This statute was discussed in S. v. Brown, 113 N. C., 646, and construed in accordance with the ruling of his Honor.
¶4 No error.