State v. New
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT against Wesley New, beard by Judge W. A. Hoke and a jury, at April Term, 1901, of the Superior Court of Sampson County. This is a criminal action for the obstruction of a public officer in the discharge of his duty, tried before Judge W. A. Hoke. The evidence showed that the defendant was the owner of two and one-fourth acres of land, all cleared, fenced and under cultivation.
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INDICTMENT against Wesley New, beard by Judge W. A. Hoke and a jury, at April Term, 1901, of the Superior Court of Sampson County. This is a criminal action for the obstruction of a public officer in the discharge of his duty, tried before Judge W. A. Hoke. The evidence showed that the defendant was the owner of two and one-fourth acres of land, all cleared, fenced and under cultivation. The public road leading from the corporate limits of Clinton, at the Barden House to Stevens Bridge, and that E. O. Williams was the overseer of said section, duly appointed and acting. That in January, 1901,…
1Dissent
"Pcieohes, C. J., dissenting.
Tbe case on appeal states that one Williams was tbe overseer of a public road in Sampson County, and tbe defendant is an adjacent landowner to said road; that said road has been located where it now runs for at least sixty years; that by long use tbe bed of tbe road bad become worn, so that in wet weather tbe water would stand in *739tbe bed of the road from four to six inch.es deep, for a distance of forty yards; and in cold weather this sheet of water would freeze, so as to bear the weight of a horse or wagon, and was dangerous.
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- State v. . WilsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1890