State v. . Haney
Supreme Court of North Carolina
The prisoner, with two others, were indicted at Rutherford, on the last Circuit, as follows: “ The jurors for the state upon their oath present, that John C. Hardin, John Haney and John W. Williams, all of, &c., on, &c., with force and arms, in, &c.., one negro-man slave, by the name of Eli, then and there being the property of Nancy Davis, of the value of fifty dollars, feloniously did steal, take and carry away, contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and…
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The prisoner, with two others, were indicted at Rutherford, on the last Circuit, as follows: “ The jurors for the state upon their oath present, that John C. Hardin, John Haney and John W. Williams, all of, &c., on, &c., with force and arms, in, &c.., one negro-man slave, by the name of Eli, then and there being the property of Nancy Davis, of the value of fifty dollars, feloniously did steal, take and carry away, contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace arid dignity of the state. “ And the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do…
1Opinion of the Court
Gaston, Judge.
We have deliberately considered of all the objections presented on this record to. the regularity of the conviction of the prisoner.
The indictment contains two counts. The first charges “ that John C. Hardin, John Haney and John W. Williams, on the 1st of January, 1837, with force and arms, in the county of Rutherford, one negro man slave, by the name of Eli, then and there being the property of Nancy Davis, of the value of fifty dollars, feloniously did steal, take and carry away, contrary to the form of the statute in that case made and provided, and against the peace and…
2Cited by41 opinions
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- State v. BealSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1930
- Diggs v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1915
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