Vanover v. . Thompson
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was an action of debt, brought originally before a single "magistrate, and by successive' appeals, taken to the Superior Court of Aslie, where it was tried before Elijs, J., at the Special Term, June, 1857. The plaintiff declared on the following bond: “ On, or before, the 25th day of December next, I promise to pay Cornelius Yanover, twenty-five dollars in money, and fifteen dollars in cattle, to be delivered where John Thompson now lives, as witness my hand and seal:…
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This was an action of debt, brought originally before a single "magistrate, and by successive' appeals, taken to the Superior Court of Aslie, where it was tried before Elijs, J., at the Special Term, June, 1857. The plaintiff declared on the following bond: “ On, or before, the 25th day of December next, I promise to pay Cornelius Yanover, twenty-five dollars in money, and fifteen dollars in cattle, to be delivered where John Thompson now lives, as witness my hand and seal: now this note to be good and legal, provided the said Yanover shall not appear as a prosecutor, or witness, against…
1Opinion of the CourtNash, C. J.
There is no error. Three cases, decided at the December Term, 1856, of this court, have settled the principle in contest here. Thompson v. Whitman, 4 Jones’ Rep. 48 ; Ingram v. Ingram, Ibid 188 ; Garner v. Qualls, Ibid 223.
In the first of these cases, it is decided that the concealment of a felony is an indictable offense, and that the offense is greatly aggravated by compounding the felony, that is, “ by an agreement not to prosecute, or make known what has come to the knowledge of the party.” In offenses less than felony, .this compounding or concealment is not indictable, but it is,…
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