State v. . Sandy
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from the Superior Court of Law of New Hanover County, at Spring Term, 1843, his Honor Judge Settle presiding. » This was an indictment against the prisoner for burning the store-house of Hugh M. Cowan, and concluded “ against the form of the statutes, Skipper, one of the town guard, testified, that about two o’clock on Sunday morning, the 22d of January, he discovered a light in the store of Hugh M. Cowan, and, on pushing the door with his stick, found it was not…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Law of New Hanover County, at Spring Term, 1843, his Honor Judge Settle presiding. » This was an indictment against the prisoner for burning the store-house of Hugh M. Cowan, and concluded “ against the form of the statutes, Skipper, one of the town guard, testified, that about two o’clock on Sunday morning, the 22d of January, he discovered a light in the store of Hugh M. Cowan, and, on pushing the door with his stick, found it was not fastened — that on entering, he found the house full of smoke and a pile of goods in a light blace on the floor — that one…
1Opinion of the CourtRuffin, C. J.
The act of 1836, Rev. St. ch. 34, s. 1, introduced for the first time, the term “store-house,” into the statute book, and accompanies it with two explanatory words to shew precisely to what particular building the Legislature meant to apply it. Having, previously, no legal signification, as a term of art, it must, of course, be understood in its general sense, given to it as a word in our language in approved dictionaries. In that way we find it to be defined, “ a building for keeping grain or goods of any kind, a repository, a ware-house which signification clearly covers the plac.e in this…
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