State v. . Freeman

Decided October 5, 1885

Supreme Court of North Carolina · decided 1885-10-05

Statement of the ease on appeal — Practice. INDICTMENT tried before MacRae, Judge, and'a jury, at .Spring Term, 1885, of the Superior Court of Robeson county. There was a verdict of guilty, and from the judgment thereon, the defendant appealed. On the hearing in the Supreme Court, the Attorney General moved to affirm the judgment, on the ground that no statement of the case accompanied the record.

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently February 1892

3 state decisions

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1885-10-05

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Ashe, J.

¶1 The defendant was charged with selling intoxicating liquor on Sunday. He was found guilty by the jury and ¡sentenced by the Court, from which he appealed to this Court.

¶2 There is no “statement of the case” accompanying the record sent to this Court, and when that is the case and no error appears in the record in a criminal action, the Court will affirm the judgment of the Court below. State v. Murray, 80 N. C., 364; State v. Edney, Ibid., 360, and State v. Leiteh, 82 N. C., 539.

¶3 We find no error in the record: The judgment of the Superior Court of Robeson is therefore affirmed. Let this be certified to said Court that the sentence of the law may be carried into effect.

¶4 No error. Affirmed.