State v. . Hawkins
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INdictmuNt for forcible trespass, tried before Goble, -7.. at Spring Term, 1899, of Cluvelakd Superior1 Court. Upon tbe evidence the jury found the defendant guilty, and judgment was rendered against him, from which lie appealed to the Supreme Court. The evidence is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtFuiiches, J.
This is an indictment for forcible trespass, and the evidence of the State is that the defendant went to the house of the prosecutrix, and that the prosecutrix was alone, except her 3-year-old child. The defendant went in the house and sat down by the fire and asked the prosecutrix where her husband was. She told him her husband was not at home, but had gone to the field. The defendant was drinking, and said to her, she looked “damn sweet, and he would like to kiss her,” and started towards her, and she ran out of the house. But she soon returned and told the defendant to leave, and he left.…
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