State v. . Smith
Supreme Court of North Carolina
CRIMINAL action, tried before Merrimon, Judge, at July Term, 1887, of Wake Superior Court. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMerrimon, J.
The defendant was held to answer criminally, before a justice of the peace, for having failed to do service on a public road, as he was bound to do, under a State warrant, the material charging part of which is in these words: “That Rufus Smith failed to work the road on the 16th day of September, 1886, at and in the county aforesaid, as a hand, in Swift Creek township, on the old Haywood road, leading from Raleigh to Haywood, for one half day, against the peace and dignity of the State.”
He was convicted and appealed to the Superior Court, and was there again convicted, and having asssigned…
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