90 S.E. 502 | N.C. | 1916
This appeal was taken in forma pauperis from Cline, J. On motion of the State, the appeal was dismissed because the affidavit for leave to appeal without giving bond did not state, as required by Revisal 3278, that "the application is in good faith." It has been repeatedly held that an order permitting such appeal in a criminal case is fatally defective if the affidavit does not comply with the statute, because the requirement is jurisdictional, and unless the affidavit is sufficient the appeal must be dismissed as a "matter of right, and not of discretion." S. v. Bramble,
The defendant now moves to reinstate, offering to file bond, or make a deposit. This would seem to be in direct denial of his affidavit, filed in this cause, that he could not do either. But (978) independently of that, he should have made this offer when the motion to dismiss was before the Court. It is too late for him to do this after the case has been regularly dismissed under the statute. As was said in Hamlin v. Tucker,
There is a very old maxim, "Leges subveniunt vigilantibus, nondormientibus," which means, in plain English, that if a man has a case in court "the best thing he can do is to attend to it." Pepper v. Clegg,
Motion denied.
Cited: S. v. Brumfield,