Case ID: scl_3/html/0008-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Waties, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

CAMDEN DISTRICT,
    FALL TERM,
    1794.
    The State v. Gray Briggs.
    The thréA days allowed a prisoner to prepare for his defence, on an in. dictment for felony,' are inclusive of the day on which the motion is made’ for a copy of the indictment'.-
    Indictment for horse- stealing. The prisoner being put to the. bar, and arraigned, demanded a copy of his indictment, and three days time to prepare for trial, A. A, 1781. P. L. 130.
    This happened on Thursday. Being brought up again on the monday following, his counsel objected to his being tried, insisting íhát the three days allowed by law were not expired; for that he was entitled to three days, exclusive, and that Sunday ought not to he reckoned, not being a juridical day : and that in favorem vita, the greatest strictness should be allowed. 4 Burr. 2130. See 1 DaII 327. Sunday is always reckoned, inclusive, in criminal proceedings.
    Joíinson, for the prisoner. Mr. Solicitor Drayton, for the State.'
   But by the court.

Waties, J.

The rule with respect to^ time, is to include the day on which the motion is made. The computation of time must commence from the time when the motion was made. The whole day must be included, because there can be no fractions of a day.