State v. . Wilson
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Indictment, tried before Gilmer, Judge, and a jury, at Fall Term, 1885, of the Superior Court of Okange county. The defendant was indicted for a violation of the statute, (The Code, §1088), which provides as follows: “If any person shall, unlawfully and on purpose, remove from its place, any monument of marble, stone, brass, wood, or other material, erected for the purpose of designating the spot where any dead body is interred, or for the purpose of preserving and…
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Indictment, tried before Gilmer, Judge, and a jury, at Fall Term, 1885, of the Superior Court of Okange county. The defendant was indicted for a violation of the statute, (The Code, §1088), which provides as follows: “If any person shall, unlawfully and on purpose, remove from its place, any monument of marble, stone, brass, wood, or other material, erected for the purpose of designating the spot where any dead body is interred, or for the purpose of preserving and perpetuating-the memory, name, fame, birth, age, or death, of any person, whether situated in or out of the common burying…
1Opinion of the CourtMekrimoN, J.
(after stating the facts). It is true, that the offence is charged in the indictment in very general terms. But it must be conceded, that the offence is plain and simple in its nature, and that the constituent facts are few, and unattended by the slightest complication.
The charge is made substantially, indeed, almost in the very words of the statute, creating and defining the offence, and completely describes it. The Court could see, and the defendant could see and understand, exactly what was charged against him, and learn what was necessary for his defence, if he had any. In indictments for…
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