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194 N.C. 821

140 S.E 926

State v. . McCoy

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided December 21, 1927

Supreme Court of North Carolina · decided 1927-12-21

Decided 1927-12-21

Pee Oubiam.

¶1 Upon tbe call of this case for argument on defendants’ appeal to this Court, tbe Attorney-General confessed error upon tbe record. An examination of the record discloses that there was error in tbe instruction of tbe court to tbe jury, which was as follows: “If you believe tbe evidence and are satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt, you will find defendants guilty.” Tbe evidence tended to show that defendants, in tbe day time, got three bushels of apples from a tree on tbe land of tbe State’s witness and carried them away. It was' error for tbe court to fail to submit to tbe jury, with proper instructions, tbe question of felonious intent. S. v. Eunice, ante, 409. For this error defendants are entitled to a

¶2 New trial.

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