State v. . Barco
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN tried before Guión, J., and a jury, at September Term, 1908, of CueRitucK. Tliis is an indictment under section 3474 of- tbe Revisal for anchoring a float bouse in sboal water on tbe west side of Curri-tuck Sound and more than three hundred yards from'the mainland. ' John Forbes, a witness for tbe State, testified: “During tbe year 1907 I saw tbe defendant in tbe float. He was on the eastern side of Duce Quarter Island, after dark. I do not remember tbe month.
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ActioN tried before Guión, J., and a jury, at September Term, 1908, of CueRitucK. Tliis is an indictment under section 3474 of- tbe Revisal for anchoring a float bouse in sboal water on tbe west side of Curri-tuck Sound and more than three hundred yards from'the mainland. ' John Forbes, a witness for tbe State, testified: “During tbe year 1907 I saw tbe defendant in tbe float. He was on the eastern side of Duce Quarter Island, after dark. I do not remember tbe month. It was after November and while be was gunning.. He was aboard bis float bouse, after dark. I saw tbe defendant bunting duck…
1Opinion of the Court
Walker, J.,
-after stating the case: The general rule has been settled by authority that “The object of all interpretation and construction of statutes is to ascertain the meaning and intention of the Legislature, to the end that the same may be enforced. This meaning and intention must be sought, first of all, in the language of the statute itself, for it must be presumed that the means employed by the Legislature to express its will are adequate to the purpose and do express that will correctly.” Black’s Int. of Laws, p. 35. “It is not allowable to interpret what has no need of…
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