State v. . Rhodes

Feb 5, 1893
Reporters:
,
Before:
Per Curiam.
Per Curiam:

The right to appeal in forma pauperis requires some restrictions against abuse. ‍​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‍What thej” shall be is for the Legislature to determine ; it has set out the requirements in The Code, §1235. The Court ‍​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‍has no right to abrogate any of these requisites. This has been often *857 decided. State v. Jackson, at this Term; State v. Wylde, 110 N. C., 500; State v. Tow, 103 N. C, 350; State v. Jones, 93 ‍​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‍N. C., 617; and, indeed, in a full score of cases.

The present case presents an affidavit which lacks the statutory requirement ‍​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‍of an averment “of good faith.” The appellant has not done what was requisite to place his appeal before us. We ‍​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‍cannot help him, and the attempted appeal must be dismissed.

Appeal Dismissed.