State v. . Horan
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Indictment for receiving stolen goods, tried before Meares J., at December Term 1867 of the Criminal Court of New Hanover. The indictment charged the defendant with receiving as stolen, — among many specified manufactured articles of brass and iron, “one pound of iron of the value of sixpence.
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Indictment for receiving stolen goods, tried before Meares J., at December Term 1867 of the Criminal Court of New Hanover. The indictment charged the defendant with receiving as stolen, — among many specified manufactured articles of brass and iron, “one pound of iron of the value of sixpence. Upon the trial one Divine, a witness for the State, testified that he went -with one Sellers (a constable) to search the “junk shop” of the defendant for stolen goods, and that he found there a large quantity of manufactured articles of iron and brass belonging to tbe W. & W. E. E. Co.; among other…
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
We have given the errors assigned by the defendant’s counsel in his bill of exceptions, as well as that urged by him in arrest of the judgment for alleged insuffi ciency in the verdict, the consideration which the importance of the case, both to the State and the defendant, demands. The errors set forth in the bill of exceptions are three in number and we will examine them in the order in which the objections seem to have been made.
1. The Erst exception appearing upon the record is that the defendant could not be convicted upon the evidence, of having received as stolen one pound of iron, or…
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