State v. Hewlin.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT against George Lee Hewlin, beard by Judge Thos. A. McNeill and a jury, at November Term, 1900, of Beaueoet Coiunty Superior Court. From an order quashing the indictment the State appealed, and from a refusal of the court to then discharge the defendant, he appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtOooic, J.
The prisoner was indicted under sec. 1113 of The Code, charging 'him with hawing, in a wanton and malicious manner, attempted to destroy the reputation of one Maggie Water's, an innocent and virtuous woman, by words spoken and declared “that she, the said Maggie Waters, had had sexual intercourse with a male dog, and that he, the said George Lee Hewlin, saw the said intercourse, thereby intending to charge the siaid Maggie Waters with being an incontinent woman.” The prisoner’s counsel moved to quash the bill of indictment upon the grounds that it- stated no violation of the criminal law of…
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