State v. . Lanier
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT for an affray in riding a horse through the court house, tried before Oloud, On the trial below, under the directions of the Court, the jury found the defendant guilty, and from the refusal oí his Honor to grant a new trial, the defendant appealed. The evidence is sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtSettle, J.
The elementary writers say that the offencejof going armed with dangerous or unusual weapons . is a crime against the public peace by terrifying the good people of the land, and this Court has declared the same to be the common law in State v. Huntley, 3 Ired. 418. It is evident that the indictment before us was drawn upon the assumption that the facts in the case would bring it within the spirit of this offence. Only two witnesses were examined upon the trial, both on behalf of the State. One of them testified that he was in the sheriff’s room, on the side of the passage of the court room,…
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