State v. . Hewell
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT for carrying concealed weapon, tried at Fail Term, 1883, of Mitchell Superior Court, before Graves, J. The indictment was found at spring term, 1883, as fellows: “ The jurors for the state upon their oaths present, ¡hat Jesse Howell, late of the county of Mitchell, on the first clay of March, 1883, with force and arms at and in the county aforesaid, unlawfully and wilfully, and not on his own premises, did carry concealed about his person a certain pistol,…
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INDICTMENT for carrying concealed weapon, tried at Fail Term, 1883, of Mitchell Superior Court, before Graves, J. The indictment was found at spring term, 1883, as fellows: “ The jurors for the state upon their oaths present, ¡hat Jesse Howell, late of the county of Mitchell, on the first clay of March, 1883, with force and arms at and in the county aforesaid, unlawfully and wilfully, and not on his own premises, did carry concealed about his person a certain pistol, contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the state.” The…
1Opinion of the CourtAshe, J.
The defendant 'was indicted under the act of 1879, oh. 127, the first section of which declares it “shall be unlawful for any person in this state, except when upon his own premises, to carry concealed about his person any pistol, bowie-knife, dirk, dagger, slung-shot, loaded cane, brass or metallic knuckles, or other deadly weapon of like kind.” And the third section provides that “any person being off his own premises and having on his person any deadly weapon described in section one, such possession shall be prima faoie evidence of the concealment thereof.”
According to the finding of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. . DavisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1879
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