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  "name": "STATE v. ALLEY",
  "name_abbreviation": "State v. Alley",
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      "STATE v. ALLEY."
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        "text": "Pee Oueiam.\nReversed on authority of S. v. Riley, 113 N. C., 648; S. v. Hill, 141 N. C., 772, holding that the judge cannot direct a verdict in a criminal action.\nNew trial.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Attorney-General Manning and Assistant Attorney-General Nash for the State.",
      "W. M. Person for\u2018defendant."
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    "head_matter": "STATE v. ALLEY.\n(Filed 20 October, 1920.)\nCriminal Law \u2014 rDirecting Verdict \u2014 Instructions.\nA verdict may not be directed by the trial judge in a criminal action.\nAppeal by defendant from Daniels, J., at the January Term, 1920, of FEANKLIN.\nThis is an indictment for abandonment.\nThe State offered evidence, and the defendant testified in his own behalf.\nAt the conclusion of the evidence the record states that the judge said: \u201cGentlemen, this ends the case. On the testimony of the witness himself he is technically guilty.\nDefendant excepted.\nThe judge then directed the clerk to enter a verdict of guilty. The defendant excepted.\nThere was a verdict of guilty entered by the clerk, and the defendant appealed from the judgment thereon.\nAttorney-General Manning and Assistant Attorney-General Nash for the State.\nW. M. Person for\u2018defendant."
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