North Carolina v. Vanderford
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western North Carolina
. Indictment under 1 Code N. C. § 1082, for a wanton and willful injury to personal property. That section, as amended by Laws 1885, c. 53, p. 94, is as follows: “If any person shall wantonly and willfully injure the personal property of another, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, whether the property be destroyed or not, and shall be punished by fine or imprisonment, or both, in the discretion of the court.” The jury returned a special verdict. *
1Opinion of the CourtDick, J.
This indictment was found by a grand jury in a state court, and was duly removed to this court for trial, upon the application of the defendant, a revenue agent of the United States. The indictment is founded upon section 1082 of the Code of North Carolina, as amended by chapter 53 of the Acts of 1885. The charge preferred against the defendant is a wanton and willful destruction of the personal property of John L. Shoemaker, a citizen of Iredell county.
• The only question directly involved in this case is whether the defendant committed the act in the manner and form set forth in the bill of…
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