State v. . Edwards
Supreme Court of North Carolina
IndictmeNT for larceny tried at Spring Term, 1881, of Rockingham Superior Court, before Avery, J. The defendant was charged with stealing flour, the property of P. J. Waynick. It appeared in evidence that the said P. J. Waynick was a miller in the employment of T. C. Moore and Elisha Wade, who were the owners of the mill, and the said Waynick had entire charge of the mill and profits.
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IndictmeNT for larceny tried at Spring Term, 1881, of Rockingham Superior Court, before Avery, J. The defendant was charged with stealing flour, the property of P. J. Waynick. It appeared in evidence that the said P. J. Waynick was a miller in the employment of T. C. Moore and Elisha Wade, who were the owners of the mill, and the said Waynick had entire charge of the mill and profits. The toll received was divided equally between P. J. Waynick and the said Moore and Wade, the said Waynick receiving one-third thereof as a compensation for keeping the mill. The flour taken was made by grinding…
1Opinion of the CourtAshe, J.
The case of the State v. Patterson, 68 N. C., 292, is decisive of this case. There, the defendant was indicted for larceny in stealing cotton, which was charged in the indictment as the. property of W. M. Ballard “ and another.” The proof was that the cotton was raised by W. M. Ballard bn the plantation of J. D. Pemberton, under a verbal agreement that Ballard was to pay Pemberton one half of the cotton raised ; the cotton was stored in the gin-house on the plantation and had not been divided when stolen. Pemberton testified that he considered the cotton as belonging to himself and Ballard.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. . PattersonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1873
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