State v. . Adams
Supreme Court of North Carolina
The defendants William Adams and Susan Adams, his wife, were indicted for larceny of cotton, the property of one Palmer, and were tried before Meares, J., and a jury, at February Term, 1894, of the Criminal Court of Mecklen-burg County. The facts are sufficiently adverted to in the opinion. • On the trial the first witness introduced by the State was one T. J. Wilson.
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The defendants William Adams and Susan Adams, his wife, were indicted for larceny of cotton, the property of one Palmer, and were tried before Meares, J., and a jury, at February Term, 1894, of the Criminal Court of Mecklen-burg County. The facts are sufficiently adverted to in the opinion. • On the trial the first witness introduced by the State was one T. J. Wilson. This witness testified, in substance, that one Abram Palmer conducted a farm near to his (witness’s) place of residence, and situated one mile and one-half from Charlotte, and that he had some cotton stored in his barn on this…
1Opinion of the Court
Clark, J.:
The Court correctly told the jury that “ if there was the guilty intent previously formed by the defendant to steal certain property; and he carried out such design previously formed, he is guilty, notwithstanding the owner of the property was advised of the intended larceny, appointed agents to watch him and could have prevented the theft, but did not do so, and allowed him to commit the theft, with a view of having him subsequently punished.” It was error, however, further to tell them that if there was the previous intent to steal, the defendant would be guilty, notwithstand-'…
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