State v. . Cross

Citations

• 10 S.E. 857
• 106 N.C. 650

Syllabus

<p>Forgery — Indictment—Several Counts— Verdict.</p> <p>1. Where there are two or more counts in an indictment charging offences of the same grade and punishable alike, a general verdict of guilty will be sustained.</p> <p>2. Where, upon the trial of an indictment for forgery containing several counts, the.,jury was polled and stated that they had agreed upon a verdict of guilty as to the first and second counts, but had not agreed upon the others, and a nol. pros, having been entered as to the latter, returned a verdict of guilty: Held, that this constituted a distinct and separate verdict of guilty upon each of the two first counts.</p>