State v. . Powell
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was a CRIMINAL action, commenced in the Inferior Court of Bertie county, at August Term, 1885, of said Court, wherein the defendant was indicted for removing a crop, in violation of the provisions of §1759 of The Code.
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This was a CRIMINAL action, commenced in the Inferior Court of Bertie county, at August Term, 1885, of said Court, wherein the defendant was indicted for removing a crop, in violation of the provisions of §1759 of The Code. The indictment is as follows, to-wit: “The jurors for the State, upon their oath present, that on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, at and in the county of Bertie, by contract between them, one Solomon Pugh rented to Slade Powell, for agricultural purposes, a certain parcel of land there situate, to have and to…
1Opinion of the CourtAshe, J.
(after stating the facts). This is the only question properly presented by the record for our consideration, but we think it proper to notice in this opinion, the judgment pronounced against the defendant in the Inferior Court.
The errors assigned by the Solicitor were: 1. The granting the motion in arrest. 2. For error or errors appearing on the record: “and it is agreed by counsel, that the record shall consti tute the statement of the ease, together with this assignment of error.” This kind of practice cannot have the sanction of this Court. It is incumbent upon the appellant, in all…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. . PenderSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1880
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