State v. Wynne
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT, under Section 991 of The Code, tried before Holce, Jand a jury, at October Term, 1895, of Robeson Superior Court. The defendants were convicted of receiving two dollars for releasing two offenders, who had been arrested on the warrant of a justice of the peace, by the defendants as special constables. Defendants appealed from the judgment of the court sentencing them to an imprisonment in State Penitentiary for five years.
1Opinion of the Court
Faircloth, C. J.:
The defendant Wynne was indicted, under The Code, Section 991, for unlawfully receiving and *1207consenting to receive money for an illegal purpose, to-wit, to discharge a prisoner then in his custody for a crime committed, said Wynne being then a special constable duly appointed under the law of the State; and the defendant Oxendine is indicted for being present, aiding and abetting the unlawful act of the defendant Wynne. The defendants were convicted and appealed. The defendants contend that the indictment was insufficient because it uses the words “ did receive and consent to…
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