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State v. Bell

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Feb 1, 1889
103 N.C. 438 (N.C. 1889)

Summary

In Bell v. State, 66 Miss. 192, 5 So. 389 (1889), it was held error to require an accused, "as a condition upon which he would be permitted to testify at all, to take the stand before examining other witnesses whom he desired to introduce."

Summary of this case from Nassif v. District of Columbia

Opinion

(February Term, 1889.)

Where no exceptions are made below, and no error is apparent upon the record, the judgment will be affirmed.

THE defendant was indicted for rape, and tried before Boykin, J., at August Term, 1888, of the Superior Court of MADISON County, and, upon conviction and judgment, appealed to this Court.

Attorney-General for the State.

T. P. Devereux for defendant.


No errors are assigned in the case on appeal, or in the record, and, in return to a writ of certiorari from this Court, it is certified that no exceptions whatever "were noted at any time before or after verdict, either to the admission or to the refusal to admit (439) evidence, or to the charge of the judge." Upon a careful examination of the record, no error appears, and the judgment must be affirmed.

No error. Affirmed.

Cited: S. v. Bagby, 106 N.C. 690; S. v. Carter, 113 N.C. 640.


Summaries of

State v. Bell

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Feb 1, 1889
103 N.C. 438 (N.C. 1889)

In Bell v. State, 66 Miss. 192, 5 So. 389 (1889), it was held error to require an accused, "as a condition upon which he would be permitted to testify at all, to take the stand before examining other witnesses whom he desired to introduce."

Summary of this case from Nassif v. District of Columbia
Case details for

State v. Bell

Case Details

Full title:STATE v. DAVID BELL

Court:Supreme Court of North Carolina

Date published: Feb 1, 1889

Citations

103 N.C. 438 (N.C. 1889)
9 S.E. 548

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