State v. Crawford

Superior Court of North Carolina

State v. Crawford

3 N.C. 298

DecidedJanuary 15, 1804

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State v. Crawford, 3 N.C. 298 (N.C. Ct. App. 1804).

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Opinion

Taylor, judge.

A new trial is in the discretion of the court, who ■will not grant it unless dissatisfied with the verdict. Here ws.s s foil defence and a full examination of the evidence, and it was very sufficient, in my opinion, to warrant a verdict. This is nr.: like the case of a juror who had expressed ill will towards ths defendant before being impanneiled ; for there, though the vc> diet was not incompatible with the evidence, there might be re»= ?-on to suspect the trial had'not been impartial.

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Taylor, judge.

A new trial is in the discretion of the court, who ■will not grant it unless dissatisfied with the verdict. Here ws.s s foil defence and a full examination of the evidence, and it was very sufficient, in my opinion, to warrant a verdict. This is nr.: like the case of a juror who had expressed ill will towards ths defendant before being impanneiled ; for there, though the vc> diet was not incompatible with the evidence, there might be re»= ?-on to suspect the trial had'not been impartial.

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3 N.C. 298, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/state-v-crawford-ncsuperct-1804.