Case Name: STATE v. J. E. SAVAGE
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1912-11-13
Citations: 161 N.C. 245
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE v. J. E. SAVAGE.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 161
Pages: 245–246

Head Matter:
STATE v. J. E. SAVAGE.
(Filed 13 November, 1912.)
Verdict — Judgments—Motions in Arrest — Interpretation of Statutes.
Upon a verdict finding that the defendant was “guilty of an attempt to commit the crime charged in the bill of indictment,” the offense being that prohibited by Revisal, sec. 3349, the judgment upon the verdict may not be arrested on defendant’s motion. Revisal, 3269.
Appeal by defendant from 0. II. Allen, J., at July Term, 1912, of Fobsyth.
• The defendant was charged in the indictment with the violation of section 3349 of the Revisal, which denounces the crime against nature, and the jury returned as their verdict: “Guilty of an attempt to commit the crime charged in the bill of indictment.”
Upon this verdict, the defendant was sentenced to four months in jail and assigned to work on the public roads.
The defendant moved in arrest of judgment, which motion was overruled, and defendant appealed.
Attorney-General Bickett and, Assistant Attorney-General Calvert for the State.
II. 0. Sapp and, Jones & Patterson for defendant.

Opinion:
PeR Cueiam.
The judgment, upon the verdict of the jury, is fully authorized by Revisal, sec. 3269, which reads as follows :
"Upon the trial of any indictment the prisoner may be convicted of the crime charged therein or of a less degree of the same crime, or of an attempt to commit a less degree of the same crime."
This statute was discussed in S. v. Brown, 113 N. C., 646, and construed in accordance with the ruling of his Honor.
No error.