Legal Opinion

State v. . Hunter

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided February 19, 1907PublishedCited by 34 opinions

CRIMINAL action, tried before Neal, J., and a jury, Tall Term, 1906, Superior Court of Gates County. Relevant evidence is stated in tbe opinion of the Court.

1Opinion of the Court

ClaRjc, O. J.

Indictment for feloniously burning a storehouse in the night-time. There was evidence that the ground behind the storehouse was soft and had been freshly plowed, and witness testified that next morning the prisoner’s tracks were found there, leading off from the storehouse; that he had known prisoner all his life, and that the prisoner made a peculiar track; that having had white swelling when a boy, the prisoner’s left leg was two or three inches shorter than the other; that this made him walk on his left toes, the heel of that foot not touching the ground unless that foot went…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. State v. . GrahamSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1876
  2. Pedigo v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1898
  3. Simpson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
  4. Hodge v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
  5. State v. . DanielsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1904

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. State v. . SpiveySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1909
  2. S. v. . EnglishSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1913
  3. State v. PalmerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1949
  4. Terrell v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1968
  5. State v. . SaulsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1925

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