State v. . Martin
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from Long, J., at July Term, 1921, of Forsyth. Tbe defendant was prosecuted for a breach of sections 4226 and 4227 of the Consolidated Statutes, upon the following bill of indictment: “The jurors for the State upon their oath present:. That Robert L. Martin, late of the county of Forsyth, on 28 June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, with force and arms, at and in the county aforesaid, unlawfully and willfully and feloniously, did…
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Appeal from Long, J., at July Term, 1921, of Forsyth. Tbe defendant was prosecuted for a breach of sections 4226 and 4227 of the Consolidated Statutes, upon the following bill of indictment: “The jurors for the State upon their oath present:. That Robert L. Martin, late of the county of Forsyth, on 28 June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, with force and arms, at and in the county aforesaid, unlawfully and willfully and feloniously, did administer to Rosa Yow, a woman pregnant and quick with child, and did prescribe for said Rosa Yow and advised and procured…
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, J.
Tbe defendant’s motion to dismiss tbe action was based on tbe conception tbat tbe evidence taken as a whole was not sufficient to sustain a conviction; but in deciding tbis motion we need consider only sucb evidence as was favorable to tbe State, without special regard to tbat on which tbe defendant relied. Tbe immediate question is whether tbe evidence, when given a liberal yet reasonable construction, bad legal sufficiency to convict. If it was sufficient to support tbe charge in'either count it was not permissible to withdraw it from tbe jury. Considering tbe evidence as correctly…
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