State v. Anderson.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT against C. Anderson, heard by Judge A. L. Goble and a jury, at July Term,' 1901, of the Superior Court of RaNdolph County. Erom a verdict of not guilty on a special verdict, tbe State appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtEueches, C. J.
This is an indictment for carrying concealed weapons, under section 1005 of The Code, in which the jury found the following special verdict: “That the defendant was an employee of the Randleman Manufacturing Company, as a night watchman, and on the 30th of March, 1901, was in. discharge of his duty as such, and carried a .pistol concealed about his person on the premises of the company.” Upon this verdict, the Court held that the defendant was not guilty, and the State appealed.
The statute makes it a criminal offense to carry a pistol concealed about one’s person, “except when on his own…
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