Case Name: The State v. Clayton Smith
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1811-07
Citations: 2 Mur. 60
Docket Number: 
Parties: The State v. Clayton Smith.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 6
Pages: 60–61

Head Matter:
The State v. Clayton Smith.
From Rutherford.
Where the Grand Jury return a bill of indictment, “ Not a true bill/' the prosecutor is bound to pay the witnesses for the State, and one half of the other costs.
A bill of indictment for perjury was preferred against the Defendant, by one William Graham, who was in-, dorsed thereon as prosecutor. The Grand Jury returned the bill “ Not a true billand a question arose. Who- iher the prosecutor was bound to pay the witnesses for the State ? and that question was sent to this Court.

Opinion:
By the Couet.
The prosecutor is bound to pay the witnesses for the State, and one half of the other costs.