State v. . Clifton
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from Lyon, J., at November Term, 1909, of RobesoN. The indictment charged that defendant did “unlawfully, willfully and wantonly ill-use, torment, wound, injure, poison and needlessly kill” a certain useful animal, to wit, “one bound dog, tbe property of E. E. McNair.” From tbe judgment imposed defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBkowN, J.
Tbe defendant offered no evidence, but rested bis case upon tbe proof offered by tbe State.
Tbe evidence tended to prove tbat tbe dog’ was running at large off bis owner’s premises witbin tbe town of Lumber Bridge in Robeson County, unmuzzled, and was killed by defendant by tbe administration of poison. There is also evidence tbat tbe defendant was tbe town constable, charged with enforcement of tbe municipal ordinances which prohibited tbe running at large witbin tbe town of dogs without muzzles. Tbe ordinance provided further tbat any dog found running at large after 24 April, 1909, without…
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