State v. . Copeland
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT for larceny tried at Fall Term, 1881, of An-son Superior Court, before Graves, J. It was in evidence .on the part of the state that the defendant was cultivating, as a cropper, a part of. the land of one Mowery in Anson county.
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INDICTMENT for larceny tried at Fall Term, 1881, of An-son Superior Court, before Graves, J. It was in evidence .on the part of the state that the defendant was cultivating, as a cropper, a part of. the land of one Mowery in Anson county. The defendant was to do the labor and Mowery was to furnish the team and implements, and was to have half of the crop, and defendant was to pay for the supplies furnished him, and gather the crop and haul it on Mowery’s wagon and with his team, to his gin house to be divided after it was ginned. At the time of harvesting, the defendant, among ether cotton,…
1Opinion of the CourtAshe, J.
Several errors were assigned, but it is needless to consider any of them except that which alleges error iii the instruction given by His Honor, “ that if the defendant had feloniously taken the cotton from the stalks growing in the field, and carried it away at the same time, he could not be convictéd under this bill of indictment, but if he picked the cotton and put it in the sacks or bags and afterwards put it on the wagon, and then threw it off, and afterwards the same evening came and feloniously took and carried, it away with the intent to steal it, the last taking would be larceny and…
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