State v. Godwin.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT against Elijah Godwin, heard by Judge G. 8. Ferguson and a jury, at the February Term, 1904, of the-Superior Court of Lenoik County. The defendant was tried upon a bill of indictment charging him with a violation of section 1761 of The Code, which makes it unlawful for a tenant to destroy, deface, injure or damage any tenement house of his landlord. He was convicted and appealed from the judgment pronounced.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
There was evidence tending to show that one Alexander Tilghman was the owner of the land and had sold the timber to Charles Riley & Co., with the privilege of building tram roads, saw mills, etc., necessary and incidental to cutting, hauling and manufacturing lumber, and that Biley & Co., through Hines Bros., contracted with J. H. Hines to cut, haul, saw and remove said timber; that said Hines, with the permission of said Tilghman, went on the land and located the mill and constructed buildings for the purpose of said work, and among others, the building described in the indictment, which was…
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