State v. . Ritter

Stacy, 0. J.,

after, stating the case: The gist of a criminal conspiracy is the unlawful concurrence of two or more persons in a wicked scheme— the agreement to do an unlawful act or to do a lawful act in an unlawful way or by unlawful means — and it is said that the crime is complete without any overt act having been done to carry out the agreement. S. v. Van Pelt, 136 N. C., 633, 49 S. E., 177; S. v. Dalton, 168 N. C., 204; 83 S. E., 693; S. v. Trammell, 24 N. C., 379. “If two or more persons conspire to do a wrong, this conspiracy is an act ‘rendering the transaction a, crime/ without any.…