State v. . Norman
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from Ferguson, J., at tbe Spring Term, 1910, of CAMDEN. Tbe facts are stated in tbe opinion of tbe court. Tbe defendant was indicted in tbe court below for breaking and entering tbe store bouse of "W. S. Berry, witb tbe unlawful and felonious intent of stealing, taking and carrying away tbe goods and chattels of tbe said Berry.
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Appeal from Ferguson, J., at tbe Spring Term, 1910, of CAMDEN. Tbe facts are stated in tbe opinion of tbe court. Tbe defendant was indicted in tbe court below for breaking and entering tbe store bouse of "W. S. Berry, witb tbe unlawful and felonious intent of stealing, taking and carrying away tbe goods and chattels of tbe said Berry. Tbe evidence tended to show tbat there were several persons in tbe store on Saturday night, the 5th day of March, 1910. W. S. Berry went to bis store Monday morning, 7 March, by 8 :30, and found tbat it bad been entered and tbat a few articles were lying on tbe…
1Opinion of the Court
Walker, J.,
after stating the case. We think the court should have given the instruction requested by the defendant. We have decided in several cases that the action and conduct of a blood- bound in trailing a person from the place where a crime bas been committed is competent eyidence under certain circumstances. Tbe conditions which must exist in order to render such evidence competent are stated in the case of Pedego v. Com., 103 Ky., 41 (44 S. W. Rep., 143). It is there said: “That in order to make such testimony (the trailing of a track by a dog) competent, even whore it is shown that the…
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