Case Name: STATE v. TELFAIR
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1905-09-26
Citations: 139 N.C. 555
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE v. TELFAIR.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 139
Pages: 555–556

Head Matter:
STATE v. TELFAIR.
(Filed September 26, 1905).
Appeal — Dismissal—Docketing—Duty of Appellant.
1. A motion to dismiss an appeal will be allowed, where the ease was tried in October, 1904, and not docketed until the Fall Term, 1905; the appellant’s excuse that the “case on appeal” was not settled by the judge till after it was too late to docket at the Spring Term in time for the call of the district to which it belongs, being of no force.
2. It is the duty of the appellant to docket the “record proper” in apt time, and upon the call of the district have asked for a writ of certiorari to perfect the transcript.
INDICTMENT against Eliza Telfair for resisting an officer, beard by Judge T. J. Shaw and a jury, at the October Term, 1904, of the Superior Court of Eeanklin County.
Robert D. Gilmer, Attorney-General, for the State.
W. M. Person for the defendant.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
This case having been tried in October, 1904, should have been docketed here at last term. The defendant's excuse that the "case on appeal" was not settled by the judge till after it was too late to docket at last term in time for the call of the district to which it belongs, is of no force. It was the duty of the appellant to docket the "record proper" in apt time, and upon the call of the district have asked for a writ of certiorari to perfect the transcript. Pittman v. Kimberly, 92 N. C., 562; Porter v. Railroad, 106 N. C., 478, and numerous other cases cited in Parker v. Railroad, 121 N. C., p. 504, where it is said, repeating Burrell v. Hughes, 120 N. C., 278, "there are some matters settled, and this is one of them." Norwood v. Pratt, 124 N. C., 747, and cases cited; Worth v. Wilmington, 131 N. C., 533.
Tbe motion of tbe Attorney-General to dismiss tbe appeal must be allowed. Rule 16 of this court; State v. Deyton, 119 N. C., 880; Hinton v. Pritchard, 108 N. C., 412.
Appeal Dismissed.