Legal Opinion

State v. . Nash

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided February 5, 1882PublishedCited by 48 opinions

INDICTMENT for assault and battery tried at Fall Term, 1881, of Richmond Superior Court, before Graves, J. The defendant was indicted for an assault and battery committed upon one Nathan Reyuolds, and for his defence relied upon the plea of former acquittal.

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INDICTMENT for assault and battery tried at Fall Term, 1881, of Richmond Superior Court, before Graves, J. The defendant was indicted for an assault and battery committed upon one Nathan Reyuolds, and for his defence relied upon the plea of former acquittal. The jury returned a special verdict as follows: “ That the defendant was indicted at the present term of this court for an assault on one Atlas Spivey, and upon that trial the state showed in evidence that on the 23rd day of December, 1879, the said Atlas Spivey and Nathan Reynolds, and some eighteen more persons, went to the defendant’s…

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(MR. JUSTICE ASHE, dissenting.) The defendant was indicted for an assault and battery committed upon one Nathan Reynolds, and for his defence relied upon the plea of former acquittal. The jury returned a special verdict as follows: "That the defendant was indicted at the present term of this court for an assault on one Atlas Spivey, and upon that trial the state showed in evidence that on the 23rd day of December, 1879, the said Atlas Spivey and Nathan Reynolds, and some eighteen more persons, went to the defendant's house with guns, bells, horns, and tin pans, and marched around the house,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. State v. StandiferSupreme Court of Alabama · 1837
  2. State v. . BirminghamSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1852
  3. City of Philadelphia v. DavisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1836
  4. State v. . JesseSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1838
  5. State v. . MerrittSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1867

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3Cited by48 opinions

  1. State v. BirckheadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1962
  2. State v. . BellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1933
  3. State v. BarefootSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1955
  4. State v. RichardsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1971
  5. State v. HicksSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1951

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