State v. Dew

Superior Court of North Carolina

State v. Dew

1 N.C. 142

Superior Court of North Carolina·Decided October 15, 1798·Published·Cited by 1 cases

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the Court.

It would be entirely irregular to bail a man indicted for murder, upon affidavits taken ex parte, by persons unauthorised to take them.

When a man is found guilty by a coroner’s inquest, the court may look into the depositions returned; and if it appear that the jury have drawn wrong inferences, may admit the prisoner to bail: but the secrecy which accompanies the evidence delivered to the Grand Jury, precludes the courts from knowing its amount.

Bail refused.

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By

the Court.

It would be entirely irregular to bail a man indicted for murder, upon affidavits taken ex parte, by persons unauthorised to take them.

When a man is found guilty by a coroner’s inquest, the court may look into the depositions returned; and if it appear that the jury have drawn wrong inferences, may admit the prisoner to bail: but the secrecy which accompanies the evidence delivered to the Grand Jury, precludes the courts from knowing its amount.

Bail refused.

State v. Dew, 1 N.C. 142 (N.C. Ct. App. 1798).

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