State v. . Carter
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Indictment for Larceny and receiving stolen goods, tried before Gloud, J., at the Spring Term, 1874, of the Superior Court of Davie County. The defendant wa3 tried upon an indictment containing two counts; one for stealing certain United States Treasury notes and Fractional Currency notes, the property of the prosecutor, one Lemon Shell; and the other for receiving the same, knowing the notes, &c., to have been stolen.
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Indictment for Larceny and receiving stolen goods, tried before Gloud, J., at the Spring Term, 1874, of the Superior Court of Davie County. The defendant wa3 tried upon an indictment containing two counts; one for stealing certain United States Treasury notes and Fractional Currency notes, the property of the prosecutor, one Lemon Shell; and the other for receiving the same, knowing the notes, &c., to have been stolen. On the trial, the State proved by one Mary March, a colored woman, that she herself stole the money from the prosecutor, with whom she was living, acting under the persuasion…
1Opinion of the CourtBynum, J.
The count in the indictment against the prisoner, relied upon by the State, is that which charges him as the receiver of stolen property, knowing it to have been stolen, to-wit: A specified number of United States notes of five dollars each, of one dollar each, and of fifty cents each. In support of the charge, among other things the State offered to prove by one William Bailey that “a short time after the larceny, the prisoner came to his store and purchased several articles, and he saw several bills of money in his pocket-book, when the prisoner went to pay him, but did not notice the…
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