State v. . Patrick
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT for Larceny tried at Fall Term, 1877, of Lenoir Superior Court, before Eure, J. The defendant was found guilty and judgment pronounced, from which he appealed. And in this Court the defendant’s counsel insisted that the bill of indictment was defective in the particular set forth in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtFaiucloth, J.
The objection in this case is to the sufficiency of the description of the property in the bill of indictment, to wit, “ one pound of meat of the value of five-cents.” We find no direct authority in our Reports nor in the text books. In State v. Morey, 2 Wis. 362, the same question was presenter], and the Court held that “ in an indictment for larceny, the property which is alleged to have been stolen should be described with reasonable certainty; and a charge of stealing meat which applies not only to the flesh of all animals, used for food, but in a general sense, to all kinds of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- State v. . JenkinsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1878
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- State v. . CampbellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1877
- State v. . KriderSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1878
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