State v. Collins
Supreme Court of North Carolina
IndictMENT against Andy Collins and Charles Collins for larceny, tried before Norwood, J., and a jury at Fall Term, 1897, of Macon Superior Court. The defendants were convicted and Andy Collins appealed, assigning as error the admission of declarations of his co-defendant as to the part .appellant took in the robbery of the store of the prosecutor, Hale.
1Opinion of the Court
FaiRcloth, C. J.:
Defendants Andy Collins, Charlie Collins and others, were indicted for larceny.
Burgess, a witness for the State, testified that defendant, Charlie Collins, told him that defendant, Andy, “got these goods for him out of Hall’s store” and described the manner in which they entered the store, &c. The defendant, Andy, the only appellant, objected to these declarations of Charlie. The objection was overruled and the evidence admitted, and Andy excepted. This was error and is the only exception necessary to consider. Those declarations were competent against Charlie, and if his…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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