State v. Sherrard

CRIMINAL action for violation of an ordinance of the town of G-oldsboro, tried on appeal from a judgment of the mayor, before JSiarhuek, Judge, "and a jury, at the April Term of Wayne Superior Court: W. E. Burnett, a witness for the State, testified : “Defendant came to Agnes Cox’s place and asked ‘Where is the Professor’ (meaning witness) ‘doesn’t he board here?’ She answered yes.. Defendant then said ‘-him, his throat ought to be cut,’ and kept cursing three or four minutes; anybody going along the street could have heard him ; it was in a loud manner. He also said I was a-highway robber.…