(DOWNLOAD) "Solon Lodge No. 9 Knights of Pythias Co. v. Ionic Lodge Free Ancient and Accepted Masons No. 72 Co." by Supreme Court of North Carolina # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Solon Lodge No. 9 Knights of Pythias Co. v. Ionic Lodge Free Ancient and Accepted Masons No. 72 Co.
- Author : Supreme Court of North Carolina
- Release Date : January 11, 1957
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 78 KB
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This is the second time that this case has been on appeal before this Court. In the former trial, defendant Brown, after a plea of not guilty, was found guilty of murder in the second degree. From a sentence of imprisonment, he appealed to this Court. The opinion in the first appeal was filed 15 January 1965, and is reported in 263 N.C. 327. According to the record in the first appeal, he did not challenge the validity of the grand jury that found the indictment, either in the trial court or in this Court. On 26 July 1966, the Honorable Eugene A. Gordon, United States District Judge, handed down a memorandum opinion, which is not reported but is set forth verbatim in the case on appeal, in which he recites that petitioner has filed with his court a petition for writ of habeas corpus, accompanied by an affidavit of poverty. He further recites in his memorandum opinion: "The evidence of the petitioner tended to show that the 1960 census indicates that the white population was 56,369 and the Negro population was 5,105 in Randolph County. A compilation of the jury lists covering the period from February 1, 1960, to September 1, 1964, from the County Commissioners and the Clerk of the Superior Court of Randolph County reflect that