State v. Bridges
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT, tried before Adams, Jat the March Term, 1919, of Gaston. Tbe defendant was convicted of secret assault upon an officer, J". W. Cole, and from tbe judgment of fifteen years confinement at bard labor in tbe State Prison, upon sucb conviction, appealed to tbis Court. Randolph Stephens was tried upon the same bill of indictment, at tbe same time as tbe defendant. He was convicted and sentenced to four years imprisonment, but did not appeal.
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INDICTMENT, tried before Adams, Jat the March Term, 1919, of Gaston. Tbe defendant was convicted of secret assault upon an officer, J". W. Cole, and from tbe judgment of fifteen years confinement at bard labor in tbe State Prison, upon sucb conviction, appealed to tbis Court. Randolph Stephens was tried upon the same bill of indictment, at tbe same time as tbe defendant. He was convicted and sentenced to four years imprisonment, but did not appeal. On tbe afternoon of 30 January, 1919, tbe defendant, with Randolph Stevens, went to Burke County and obtained a quantity of whiskey, eight or ten…
1Opinion of the Court
WalkbR, J.,
after stating the facts as above: There are numerous exceptions, and we will consider them in the order of their statement in the record, grouping those relating to the same subject.
1. We are unable to see how the testimony of J. W. Cole, one of the officers, as to his shooting at the tires on the wheels of the automobile in which the defendants were riding, and in which they had the whiskey, prejudiced the appellant. The defendants did not stop the car when ordered by the officers to do so, and Cole fired his pistol, not to injure them, but to frighten them so that they would stop…
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