State v. White
Supreme Court of North Carolina
PktittoN of defendant, convicted of bastardy, to b© allowed to take the benefit of the insolvent debtor’s act, made before the committing Justice, who disallowed the petition, and heard, on appeal, before Moore, J., at September Term, 1899, of the Superior Court of WaKe County. The defendant had pleaded guilty, in the Justice’s Court, of the misdemeanor of begetting a bastard child on the body of Hattie E. Hunter.
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PktittoN of defendant, convicted of bastardy, to b© allowed to take the benefit of the insolvent debtor’s act, made before the committing Justice, who disallowed the petition, and heard, on appeal, before Moore, J., at September Term, 1899, of the Superior Court of WaKe County. The defendant had pleaded guilty, in the Justice’s Court, of the misdemeanor of begetting a bastard child on the body of Hattie E. Hunter. “Whereupon, it was adjudged that the defendant pay into court the sum of $40 as an allowance to Hattie E. Hunter, and to cover the costs of this case, to be paid, $5 this 27th day…
1Opinion of the CourtEatRcloth, C. J.
The defendant plead guilty to the *677charge of being the father of the bastard child of Hattie E. Hunter. The Justice of the Peace imposed a small fine, and ordered an allowance of $40, to be paid in weekly installments by defendant. Railing to- make said payments, the defendant was committed by the Justice, on July 24, 1899, to the house of correction for six months. The County Commissioners allowed defendant compensation at $6 per month. On August 28, 1899, defendant filed a, petition to be allowed to take the “insolvent debtor’s” oath, and to be discharged from imprisonment, under the…
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- State v. . NelsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1896
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