State v. Horton.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT for manslaughter against W. P. Horton, heard by Judge W. B. Councill and a jury, at April Term, 1905, of the Superior Court of FeakeliN County. The jury rendered a special verdict, and such verdict and proceedings thereon are as follows: “That in the month of November, 1904, to-wit: on the-day thereof, the defendant, AY.
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INDICTMENT for manslaughter against W. P. Horton, heard by Judge W. B. Councill and a jury, at April Term, 1905, of the Superior Court of FeakeliN County. The jury rendered a special verdict, and such verdict and proceedings thereon are as follows: “That in the month of November, 1904, to-wit: on the-day thereof, the defendant, AY. P. Horton, was hunting turkeys on the lands of another; that the following local statute, enacted by the General Assembly of 1901, was in force at and in the place in which said defendant was hunting, to-wit: chapter 410 of the Laws of 1901; that the said Horton at…
1Opinion of the Court
Hoke, J.,
after stating the case: It will be noted that the finding of the jury declares that the act of the defendant was not in itself dangerous to human life, and excludes every element of criminal negligence, and rests the guilt or innocence of the defendant on the fact alone that at the time of the homicide the defendant was hunting on another’s land without written permission from the owner. The act which applies only in the counties of Orange, Eranklin and Scotland, makes the conduct a misdemeanor, and imposes a punishment on conviction, of not less than five nor more than ten dollars.
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