State v. . Barber
Supreme Court of North Carolina
CRIMINAL ACTION, tried at May Term, 1893, of Rowan Superior Court, before Winston, J. The defendants were indicted for larceny and receiving stolen goods, knowing them to have been stolen. The jury found the defendant Barber guiltj'- upon the second count (receiving, etc.), and he alone appealed from the judgment pronounced.
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CRIMINAL ACTION, tried at May Term, 1893, of Rowan Superior Court, before Winston, J. The defendants were indicted for larceny and receiving stolen goods, knowing them to have been stolen. The jury found the defendant Barber guiltj'- upon the second count (receiving, etc.), and he alone appealed from the judgment pronounced. When the case was called in the Supreme Court, counsel for defendant submitted a motion in arrest of judgment, upon the ground that the verdict was insufficient, being in these words: “Guilty of receiving, knowing the tobacco to have been stolen,” and cited and relied…
1Opinion of the Court
Avery, J.:
A talisman was called, who, upon being challenged for cause by the Solicitor, stated that one of the defendants had spoken to him about the case and had requested him to attend as a witness to prove the character of that defendant, who had stated nothing but the fact that he was indicted; that he had agreed to become witness for the defendant and was attending the Court without having been summoned to appear. Two jurors had already been challenged peremptorily for the State, but the defendants had twenty-eight peremptory challenges which were not exhausted by them. The prosecuting…
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