Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1878-06-06
Sevenfy-Eighth N. c.. Re.
pOrts--HOVv the Judges
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ylndlcRtes hts FepR alton as IS gOoC
reporter, and adds 10 it. No. one
of the preceding volumes iE the
long series Gf North Carolina Re.
!. ports has had more good, homes;
labor bestowed up it. 1--.st.e..
Col. keuan began his series ol
Reports with seveIa! inprovementt
ON the style of reporting that had
! hefoEe obtained here. Among lhel
| things he added the synopsis O,
head line to the .syllabus of each
case. In this volume he has gone
further aud carefully classified the
opinions, putting. those of the same
subject matter together.
The cases on practice occupy the
first seventy eight pages of the
volume. Then come corporation
cases. cases involving the question
of Jurisdiction, etc. The last one
hundred and fifty-four pages are
taken up with the State or criminal
cases-an unusually large per cen
tage- The volume contains six
hundred and sixty-tbree pages, be
ing slightly larger than the last.
A li-t of attorneys TO whom the
Supreme Court has granted license
10 practice law during the last three
terms, is also given. 1t is a sub
ject Of regret that each volume OF
our Reports has not always con
tained list of the attorneys to
whom license was granted by the
court during the time covered by
the respective Volumes.
The paper is excellent and the
printing and press work good, leav-
ing nothing to he desired. The
index seems carefully made and is
an Improvement on those of many
of our Reports. Ii there is de-
feet at all. it is in the rather sue
cinct manner of stating few of
the cases. caused, probably, by a
desire TO avoid the vice of "pad-
ding" so common in book-making.
Some nine or ten cases seem omit.
ted from the volume, as only one
hundred and thirty Eve opinions
are given of one hundred aud for
ty-four fled by the court. The
omitted opinions were doubtless in
cases ofsmaliimportance, or where
they we've repetitioDs of previous
ones OF the same import. Take it
all in all, neither reporter, printer,
nor binder need fear TO compare
the seventy eighth volume of North
Carolins Reports with the Reports
issned by any State OF the Union.
There are many important aud
interesting opinions in the volume,
but as the Neacs not only publish
cd dfse,ts of each opiuioL as de-
liyersd, but on the adjournment Of
The court gave review of themore
important ones, they will not be
enlarged upon here. Suffice it to
say this volume contains the case
oi State Va. Driver, Miller vs.. Mil
Ter, State Keesler, aud State VS..
Shaft, with sundry ADD divers po-
iltical quotations. 1t is altogether
u somewhat notable volume.
1t only remaius to see what treat
meot the decisions of our respec :
tive judges below received in this
court Of last, resort. OF the one
hundred aud thirty FIVE cases re.
ported. one hundred and twenty.
one were appeals from the Superior
Courts eight from the Criminal
Courts OF New Hanover ard Wake,
and one appeal from the Inferior
Court of Edgecombe. The remain
ing Eve cases were petitions to re-
hear, applications for certiorari,
G., in ihe Supreme Court.
In the one hundred and thirty
cases of appeals. sixty four were
affirmed and sixty-six reversed, as
follows: Judge Eu,e was affirmed
10 five cases and reversed in three /;
Judge Moore, affirmed in two, re-
versed in six Judge Seymour, af.
tirmed IN twelve. reversed in sew
on; Judge McKoy, affirmed in
five, reversed in three Judge Bux-
ton, aft, med in twelve, reversed
IN ten !; Judge Cox, affirmed in
three, reversed In eight : Judge
Kerr. affirmed in five, reversed in
FIVE, being equally balance luck.
Judge Cloud lost his balance, being
aff1, med in six cases and reversed
iD nine Judge Scheuck, affirmed
in eight andreyersed in six Judge
Farches, affirmed in one and no.
versed in one Judge Cannon was
reversed in in three and affirmed
III one, rather too reversible can
non to stand behind. Judge Hen
~ was the only judge from whom
no appeals were decided.
From the county criminal judges
there were eight. appeals; :. Judge
Strong was affirmed in four ane
reversed in two Judge Meares
two appeals, ia both of which b.
was reversed aud one appeal from
the Inferior Court Of Edgecompe
ia which case that court was re
versed. Raleigh Neus. - ~
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