State v. . Womble
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was an INDICTMENT for failure to work on the public road, tried at the February Term, 1893, of the Superior Court of OhathaM County, before Bryan, J. The jury returned the following special verdict: The defendant was a depot agent at (roldston, Chatham county, in the employ of the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railway Company, and was duly summoned by the overseer of the road in the township to work the same, to which he had been assigned by the Board of Supervisors.
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This was an INDICTMENT for failure to work on the public road, tried at the February Term, 1893, of the Superior Court of OhathaM County, before Bryan, J. The jury returned the following special verdict: The defendant was a depot agent at (roldston, Chatham county, in the employ of the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railway Company, and was duly summoned by the overseer of the road in the township to work the same, to which he had been assigned by the Board of Supervisors. Defendant received the summons, but failed to appear and work as required, and refused to pay any amount in lieu thereof,…
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The jury returned the following special verdict: The defendant was a depot agent at Goldston, Chatham County, in the employ of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway Company, and was duly summoned by the overseer of the road in the township to work the same, to which he had been assigned by the board of supervisors. Defendant received the summons, but failed to appear and work as required, and refused to pay any amount in lieu thereof, claiming that he was an employee of said company and in its actual service, and was exempt by its charter from working the public road. Thereupon the court…
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