Case Name: STATE v. WILLIE MAE ALSTON
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1952-10-08
Citations: 236 N.C. 299
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE v. WILLIE MAE ALSTON.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 236
Pages: 299–299

Head Matter:
STATE v. WILLIE MAE ALSTON.
(Filed 8 October, 1952.)
Appeal by defendant from Stevens, J., at July Term, 1952, of Lee.
Criminal accusation against Willie Mae Alston. At the conclusion of her testimony, given as a witness on behalf of her husband, Aaron Alston, in a case pending against him, the trial court pronounced the following-judgment : “Upon Willie Mae Alston’s own testimony, the Court directs a verdict of guilty of possession of 79 jars of liquor for the purpose of sale, against Willie Mae Alston and a verdict of not guilty as to Aaron Alston. Willie Mae Alston is sentenced to Woman’s Prison 404 for a term of two years.”
From judgment so pronounced, Willie Mae Alston appealed.
Attorney-General McMullan and Assistant Attorney-General Bruton for the State.
H. F. Seawell, Jr., and J. W. IJoyle for defendant, appellant.

Opinion:
Pee Cueiam..
The record indicates that the judgment was pronounced and entered without warrant or indictment, or waiver thereof (Gr.S. 15-140), and without arraignment, plea, or the intervention of a jury. It necessarily follows, then, that the judgment is void. This is conceded by the State. The judgment will be vacated and set aside. Of course, the Solicitor may send a bill, if so advised.
Eeversed.