State v. Golden

Decision Date02 November 1932
Docket NumberNo. 355.,355.
Citation166 S.E. 311,203 N.C. 440
PartiesSTATE. v. GOLDEN et al.
CourtNorth Carolina Supreme Court

Appeal from Superior Court, Surry County; Harding, Judge.

Ruby Golden and Emmett Golden were convicted of violating the prohibition laws, and they appeal.

Appeal dismissed.

Criminal prosecution tried upon indictments charging the defendants with violations of the prohibition laws.

From an adverse verdict and judgment of six months on the roads, the defendants appeal.

Folger & Folger, of ML Airy, for appellants.

D. G. Brummitt, Atty. Gen., and A. A. F. Seawell, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

STACY, C. J.

The appeal must be dismissed for the following reasons:

1. The transcript fails to show the organization of the court (State v. May, 118 N.C. 1204, 24 S. E. 118), or that the "court was held by a judge authorized * * * to hold it, and at the place and time prescribed by law." State v. Butts, 91 N.C. 524.

2. No indictment against Ruby Golden appears in the record. State v. McDraughon, 168 N. O. 131, 83 S. E. 181. Only the one against Emmett Golden has been sent up.

it is the duty of appellant to see that the record is properly made up and transmitted. State v. Frizell, 111 N.C. 722, 16 S. E. 409.

3. The verdict has been omitted from the transcript. Riggan v. Harrison, 203 N.C. 191, 165 S. E. 358.

it is the uniform practice to dismiss the appeal for failure to send up necessary parts of the record proper. Pruitt v. Wood, 199 N.C. 788, 156 S. E. 126; Waters v. Waters, 199 N.C. 667, 155 S. E. 564.

The principal defense was that the offense charged, if committed at all, was committed in Virginia. This was a matter of defense, available, it is true, under the general plea of not guilty, with the laboring oar cast upon the defendants. His honor so charged, and, in this, there was no error. State v. Barrington, 141 N.C. 820, 53 S. E. 663.

Appeal dismissed.

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    • United States
    • United States State Supreme Court of North Carolina
    • January 11, 1983
    ...Like the defense of insanity, duress is an affirmative defense "with the laboring oar cast upon the defendant." State v. Golden, 203 N.C. 440, 441, 166 S.E. 311, 312 (1932). The burden of proving an affirmative defense to the satisfaction of the jury is upon the defendant in a criminal tria......
  • State v. Stafford, 90.
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    • United States State Supreme Court of North Carolina
    • November 30, 1932
    ......State v. Golden, 203 N. C. 440, 166 S. E. 311.        First, the transcript fails to show the organization of the court (State v. May, 118 N. C. 1204, 24 S. E. 118), or that the "court was held by a judge authorized * * * to hold it, and at the place and time prescribed by law." State v. Butts, ......
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    • United States
    • United States State Supreme Court of North Carolina
    • November 30, 1932
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    • September 19, 1951
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