North Carolina Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of North Carolina, Volume 76Nichols & Gorman, book and job printers, 1877 - Law reports, digests, etc Cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of North Carolina. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 44
Page 3
... consider , and we are of opinion , that the alternative part of this instruction is erroneous . Rape is the carnal knowledge of any female of ten years . or more , " by force and against her will , " and an assault with intent to commit ...
... consider , and we are of opinion , that the alternative part of this instruction is erroneous . Rape is the carnal knowledge of any female of ten years . or more , " by force and against her will , " and an assault with intent to commit ...
Page 11
... consider those facts as bearing on the question of the defendant's guilt . In this we think the Judge was mistaken . If there were any statute which made an assault on a policeman an offence of a different grade from one on an ...
... consider those facts as bearing on the question of the defendant's guilt . In this we think the Judge was mistaken . If there were any statute which made an assault on a policeman an offence of a different grade from one on an ...
Page 12
... consider an assault on a peace officer engaged in discharging his lawful duty , as deserving a severer punishment by reason of the official character of the assailed , just as he might con- sider an assault on a woman or on a feeble man ...
... consider an assault on a peace officer engaged in discharging his lawful duty , as deserving a severer punishment by reason of the official character of the assailed , just as he might con- sider an assault on a woman or on a feeble man ...
Page 13
... considering this special verdict , it is seen to omit to find that the assault was committed in Union county and in the town to which the policeman's jurisdiction was limited . We pass this over , however , as the objection was not made ...
... considering this special verdict , it is seen to omit to find that the assault was committed in Union county and in the town to which the policeman's jurisdiction was limited . We pass this over , however , as the objection was not made ...
Page 22
... the admission of the deceased , that he had said , that the prisoner's sons had killed the hog . The only question necessary to consider is , whether that STATE v . CARTER . provocation was sufficient to mitigate 22 IN THE SUPREME COURT .
... the admission of the deceased , that he had said , that the prisoner's sons had killed the hog . The only question necessary to consider is , whether that STATE v . CARTER . provocation was sufficient to mitigate 22 IN THE SUPREME COURT .
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acre tract administrator affidavit alleged allowed Attorney Bank bond BYNUM certificate of deposit certified cestui que trust charged cited and approved CIVIL ACTION claim Clerk Commissioners complaint Constitution contract counsel County Court of Equity creditors CURIAM David Yates debt deceased deed defendant defendant's demurrer entitled equity error evidence execution facts FAIRCLOTH Fall Term fendant fraud grant guilty held homestead Honor indictment intent interest intestate Isler issue J. G. Moore John Yates Jones Judge Judgment affirmed Judgment reversed jurisdiction Justice land levy liable lien marriage ment Merrimon Messrs mortgage motion opinion paid pardon parties payment person plaintiff possession proceeding promise purchase money question real estate recover RODMAN rule sell Sheriff Sloan sold Spring Term Stancell statute Superior Court T. J. Wilson tenant tiff tion town trial tried at Fall trust usury wife witness Yates
Popular passages
Page 104 - The General Assembly shall provide that the benefits of the University, as far as practicable, be extended to the youth of the State free of expense for tuition; also that all the property which has heretofore accrued to the State or shall hereafter accrue from escheats, unclaimed dividends or distributive shares of the estates of deceased persons, shall be appropriated to the use of the University.
Page 80 - All persons having an Interest In the subject of the action and In obtaining the relief demanded...
Page 364 - The court may determine any controversy between parties before it, when it can be done without prejudice to the rights of others, or by saving their rights ; but when a complete determination of the controversy cannot be had without the presence of other parties, the court must order them to be brought in.
Page 365 - And when, in an action for the recovery of real or personal property, a person not a party to the action, but having an interest in the subject thereof, makes application to the court to be made a party, it may order him to be brought in by the proper amendment.
Page 246 - The most prominent, if not the only known exceptions to the rule, are those respecting polygamy and incest ; those positively prohibited by the public law of a country, from motives of policy ; and those celebrated in foreign countries by subjects entitling themselves under special circumstances to the benefit of the laws of their own country.
Page 235 - He shall annually communicate to the Legislature each case of reprieve, commutation or pardon granted ; stating the name of the convict, the crime of which he was convicted, the sentence and its date, and the date of the commutation, pardon or reprieve.
Page 135 - Ed.) p. 246, as follows: •'Where, therefore, a part of a statute Is unconstitutional, that fact does not authorize the courts to declare the remainder void also, unless all the provisions are connected In subject-matter, depending on each other, operating together for the same purpose, or otherwise so connected together In meaning that It cannot be presumed the Legislature would have passed the one without the other.
Page 209 - If any person shall ravish and carnally mi, p. 177, sec. jjnow any female of the age of ten years or more, by force and against her will, or shall unlawfully and carnally know and abuse any female child under the age of ten years, he shall be punished...
Page 107 - We know of no case, in which a legislative act to transfer the property of A to B, without his consent, has ever been held a constitutional exercise of legislative power in any State in the Union. On the contrary, it has been constantly resisted as inconsistent with just principles, by every judicial tribunal in which it has been attempted to be enforced.
Page 225 - When n party offers a witness in proof of his cause, he thereby, In general, represents him as worthy of belief. He is presumed to know the character of the witnesses he adduces; and, having thus presented them to the court, the law will not permit the party afterwards to Impeach their general reputation for truth, or to Impugn their credibility by general evidence, tending to show them to be unworthy of belief...