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One of the Most Unusual Cases Ever Tried in Court

Record #:
14068
Abstract:
In the State vs. William Hall and John Dockery, two North Carolina men from Cherokee County were convicted of murder and the case ended up in North Carolina Supreme Court. The defendants' lawyer argued that the crime actually took place in Tennessee, not North Carolina, thus negating the court's jurisdiction. The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled in favor of defendants because at that time there were no laws that covered that case. Later, the state legislature passed a law to close the loophole revealed by this 1894 murder case.
Source:
The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 16 Issue 1, June 1948, p30-31