State v. . Hinson
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT for a Misdemeanor, tried at Fall Term, 1879, of Anson Superior Court, before Seymour, J. The opinion contains the facts. Verdict of guilty, judgment, appeal by defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The bill of indictment drawn under the act of December 5th, 1876, charges the defendant with the offence of unlawfully, wilfully and feloniously shooting with a pistol, a bullet “ at, against, and into a railroad car on the Carolina Central Railroad ” while in motion, with intent to injure the same, and on the trial he was found guilty. The act declares “ that if any person shall cast or thiow or shoot any stone, rock, bullet, shot, pellet or other missile at, against or into any railroad car, locomotive or train while the said car or locomotive shall be in progress from one station to…
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