Cross v. North Carolina
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF. THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. The court, in delivering its opinion, stated the case as follows: The Supreme Court of North Carolina having affirmed a judgment of the Superior Court of Wake County, in that State, whereby, in conformity with the verdict of a jury, the plaintiffs in error were sentenced to hard labor, the present writ of error was- sued out upon the ground that the judgment of affirmance sustains an authority, exercised under the…
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF. THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. The court, in delivering its opinion, stated the case as follows: The Supreme Court of North Carolina having affirmed a judgment of the Superior Court of Wake County, in that State, whereby, in conformity with the verdict of a jury, the plaintiffs in error were sentenced to hard labor, the present writ of error was- sued out upon the ground that the judgment of affirmance sustains an authority, exercised under the State, which was drawn in question as being repugnant to the laws of the United States. The specific contention of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Justice Harlan,
delivering the opinion of the court, after stating the case, continued: '
The plea in abatement was evidently drawn with reference to § 5209 of the Revised Statutes, Title, National Banks. That section provides, among other' things, that “ every president, director, cashier, teller, clerk or agent of any association . . . who makes any false entry in any book, report, or statement of the association, with intent, in either case, to injure or defraud the association or any other company, body politic or corporate, or any individual person, or to deceive any officer of the…
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