Court Opinion

ID: 9809991
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 21:37:29.129576+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:39:18.071037
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Clark, C. J.
I concur in all respects with the very able opinion in this case of Mr. Justice Clarkson, and most especially I wish to enter my concurrence with what is said therein treating assignment of error 24, and again the reference to said assignment 24 in the discussion of assignment 31, for the reason that the opinion of the Court in this case in these respects ratifies and confirms what was said in the dissenting opinion in S. v. Love, ante, 37-39, which, citing a long list of unbroken decisions, holds as the present case does, that “If the court recites the evidence of the contentions of the parties incorrectly, any objection must be made at the time so as to give the judge opportunity to correct it, and otherwise the objection is waived,” here giving a long list of unbroken authorities to that effect, and adding: “There are many others to the same effect and not one to the contrary.”
In that dissenting opinion it is further said, at page 39, which is confirmed by the Court in the present opinion: “These are all uniform and unequivocal, and there is no reason why a special exemption from so absolutely settled a rule should be made in favor of this defendant. . . . The presumption of law is in favor of the correctness of the ruling, and the impartiality of the presiding judge and of the jury” (page 39).
In S. v. Barnhill, 186 N. C., 450, Clarkson, J., speaking for a unanimous Court, said: “If the recitals of the court were incorrect as to the facts of the case, it was the duty of the defendant to call the court’s attention to it, so that the correction could be made then and there. If this was not done at the time, the defendant cannot complain and wait and except when the case is made up on appeal. The rule is stated in S. v. Baldwin, 184 N. C., 791, as follows: ‘We have so often said that the statement of contentions must, if deemed objectionable, be excepted to promptly, or in due and proper time, so that, if errone*730ously stated, they may be corrected by the court. If this is not done, any objection in that respect will be considered as waived. ¥e refer to a few of the most recent decisions upon this question: S. v. Kincaid, 183 N. C., 709; S. v. Montgomery, 183 N. C., 747; S. v. Winder, 183 N. C., 777; S. v. Sheffield, 183 N. C., 783.’ See S. v. Williams, 185 N. C., 666.”