Jones v. Wilmington & Weldon Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Action by W. W. Jones against the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Company, heard by Judge Frederick Moore and a jury, at March Term, 1901, of the Superior Court of CUMBERLAND County. From a judgment for the defendant, the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtDouglas, J.
The essential facts are thus stated in the report of this case in 125 N. C., 227, when it was before us for the first time: “The plaintiff, William Wright Jones, was arrested upon a State warrant sworn out by a detective of the defendant, upon a charge of breaking the insulators and rocking the railroad train of the defendant. The plaintiff was arrested by a constable at his home near Dunn, was handcuffed in presence of his mother and family,, bail offered and refused, and was taken to Fayetteville and lodged in jail. The next day he was admitted to bail by the. Justice, and waived a…
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