State v. . Fender
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT imcler see. 1062 of Tbe Code for unlawfully and willfully pulling down and removing a fence surrounding a pasture, tbe property of,, and in possession of, one Morgan Edwards, tried before Allen, J., at Spring Term, 1899, of tbe Superior Court of Alleghany County. Tbe case is fully stated in tbe opinion. Tbe defendants were convicted, and from the judgment rendered appealed to tbe Superior Court.
1Opinion of the CourtDouglas, J.
This is a criminal action wherein tbe defendants were indicted under sec. 1062 of Tbe Code for unlawfully and willfully pulling down and removing a fence surrounding a pasture, tbe property of, and in. tbe possession of, one Morgan Edwards.
Tbe evidence showed that there was a dispute between prosecutor and tbe defendants as to the correct line of two between them, the two lines being about twenty yards apart; that about four days before tbe alleged offense, tbe prosecutor enclosed a pasture, commencing on bis undisputed land and extending across the line claimed by the defendants on to the…
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