State v. . Pollard
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT for killing live stock tried at Spring Term,. 1880, of Pitt Superior Court,, before Avery,. J. The defendant appealed from, the ruling, of the judge below.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The defendant is charged with killing certain live stock, running at large in. the-range, in, violation of the act of 1850, (Bat. Rev., ch. 32, §, 94,) and upon his arraignment with others in the inferior court of Pitt,, pleaded a former-acquittal and not guilty-. The issue upon the -first plea was submitted to the jury and that upon second reserved by consent, and the jury rendered a special verdict. The court was of opinion, and so- decided, that the facts found were insufficient to sustain the defence, and without further proceeding- the defendant appealed to the superior court. His Honor…
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