State v. . Stancill
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT, tried before Daniels, J., and a jury, at January Term, 1919, of Pitt. • The appellant, Garland Stancill, was jointly indicted with Ernest Perry and Raymond Stancill for the larceny of a .lot of leaf tobacco of the value of $250, property of J. II. Little and others, and for receiving the same knowing it to have been stolen.
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INDICTMENT, tried before Daniels, J., and a jury, at January Term, 1919, of Pitt. • The appellant, Garland Stancill, was jointly indicted with Ernest Perry and Raymond Stancill for the larceny of a .lot of leaf tobacco of the value of $250, property of J. II. Little and others, and for receiving the same knowing it to have been stolen. The appellant, Garland Stancill, was jointly indicted with Ernest Perry and Raymond Stancill for the larceny of a lot of leaf tobacco of the value of $250, property of J. H. Little and others, and for receiving the same, knowing it to have been stolen. The…
1Opinion of the Court
"WalKeb, J.,
after stating the ease: It will be perceived from the foregoing statement that the issue in the case, and it was clear-cut and .sharply drawn by the contentions of both the Stancills,- was, Did the Stancills know that Ernest Perry had stolen the tobacco,? The errors assigned by the defendant relate to the competency of testimony. It appears that the three defendants were jointly indicted for stealing tobacco from J. F. Harris and others, and the evidence tends to show that they had formed a conspiracy to commit the theft, and this was the substance of the offense, as shown by the…
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