State v. Joyce
Supreme Court of North Carolina
PeosecutioN for failure to work public roads, tried before Starbuck, J., and a jury, upon an appeal from a judgment of a Justice of the Peace, at Fall Term, 1897, of Stokes Superior Court. The defendant was convicted and appealed. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Faircloth, C. J.:
The defendant stands indicted under The Code, Section 2020, for failing to work a public road. There was an application by certain citizens of Stokes County, including the defendant, made to the County Commissioners to have a public road laid out and established between specified termini in said County. After some irregularity in the proceedings and after due notice, the Board of County"Commissioners ordered said road to belaid out between the specified points, appointed an overseer, assigned hands to the overseer, including the defendant, and ordered the overseer to have the…
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