State v. . Barton
Supreme Court of North Carolina
IndictmeNt for embezzlement, tried at Eall Term, 1899, of Macon Superior Court, before Goble, J. There was a verdict of guilty, and the defendant appealed from the judgment pronounced.
1Opinion of the CourtFuroues, J.
The evidence was, that the defendant made a contract with the prosecuting witness, John Shope, by which the defendant was to make locust pins out of timber on the prosecutor’s land; that defendant was to get them out, to have them hauled, and to pay the prosecutor one-half of the net profits; that defendant, under this contract, got out the pins, hired them hauled, sold them for six or eight dollars, and never paid the prosecutor anything.
Among other things, the Court was asked to instruct the jury that, upon this evidence, if believed, the defendant was not guilty. This instruction was…
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