State v. . Barrett
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Indictment, larceny of an axe, tried before Greene, J., at Spring Term, 1898, of Union Superior Court. The evidence was circumstantial, of which possession by the defendant was the principal circumstance against him. The charge of his Honor was very brief and is given in full in the opinion. Exception by defendant. Verdict of guilty; judgment and appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Furches, J.:
This is an indictment for the larceny of an axe. The defendant had been in the employ of the prosecutor who was a saw-mill owner, and sometime after the defendant left the prosecutor’s employment he missed an axe. He testified that he did not know the axe was stolen, and, if it was stolen, he did not know that the defendant had stolen it.
But there was evidence tending to show that sometime after defendant left the prosecutor, he went to work for one Shannon and carried with him an axe ; and there was evidence tending to show that the axe he carried with him to Shannon’s was the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. . CoySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1896
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- Merrell v. Dudley.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
- State v. . GodwinSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1907
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