[DOWNLOAD] "State v. Speller" by Supreme Court of North Carolina # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State v. Speller
- Author : Supreme Court of North Carolina
- Release Date : January 05, 1948
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 49 KB
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A careful perusal of the record leaves us with the impression that the findings and rulings of the trial court on the defendants motion to quash the indictment are without support in the factual evidence. True, it is stated by at least two of the witnesses that the Commissioners intended and practiced "no discrimination" in the drawing of jurors, but these are conclusional statements which run counter to the facts. For instance, the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners says the red and black scrolls were for the convenience of the Sheriff in summoning prospective jurors, albeit his own testimony shows that the red scrolls never reached the Sheriff or got beyond the Commissioners. And the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners says that all rejections were made for "want of good moral character and sufficient intelligence." This cause was available to the Commissioners as a general objection only when the jury list was being prepared, G.S., 9-1, and not after the names were in the box. G.S., 9-2; 9-7.