State v. . Campbell
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Indictment — Larceny — Euidenee. INDICTMENT for Larceny, tried at Fall Terra, 1876, of Ire-dell Superior Court, before Buxton, J. The bill of indictment charged the defendant with stealing “ one dressed calf skin” and the evidence was that the article-, stolen was a “ kip skin.” The defendant insisted that the variance was fatal but the Court held otherwise. Verdict of guilty. Judgment. Appeal by defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtFaircloth, J.
The defendant was indicted and convicted for stealing “ one dressed calf skin.” The felony was established but the defendant requested His Honor to instruct the jury that they could not find him guilty because the evidence showed that the article taken- was a “ kip skin”' which request was- refused. The pi’osecutor called it “ a, dressed calf skin ready for work taken from a calf from four to six months old.” Another witness acquainted with the “tanning business” testified that a calf skin is from a veal six: ten weeks old, and that from ten weeks to twelve months old it is called a “ kip…
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