{ "id": 8652554, "name": "STATE v. BURNETT", "name_abbreviation": "State v. Burnett", "decision_date": "1906-09-25", "docket_number": "", "first_page": "577", "last_page": "581", "citations": [ { "type": "official", "cite": "142 N.C. 577" } ], "court": { "name_abbreviation": "N.C.", "id": 9292, "name": "Supreme Court of North Carolina" }, "jurisdiction": { "id": 5, "name_long": "North Carolina", "name": "N.C." }, "cites_to": [ { "cite": "93 N. C., 567", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "N.C.", "case_ids": [ 11274703 ], "opinion_index": 0, "case_paths": [ "/nc/93/0567-01" ] }, { "cite": "106 N. C., 679", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "N.C.", "weight": 2, "opinion_index": 0 }, { "cite": "44 N. C., 205", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "N.C.", "case_ids": [ 11275557 ], "opinion_index": 0, "case_paths": [ "/nc/44/0205-01" ] }, { "cite": "70 N. 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C., 688", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "N.C.", "case_ids": [ 8653887 ], "opinion_index": 0, "case_paths": [ "/nc/113/0688-01" ] } ], "analysis": { "cardinality": 409, "char_count": 8456, "ocr_confidence": 0.425, "pagerank": { "raw": 3.7355979242793317e-07, "percentile": 0.8945054325561066 }, "sha256": "d451ef23e16fec1f9e60a2b7513a3bc9ac3502ea2b0869fe4360211378e4e89a", "simhash": "1:1cffa47a92fbd77f", "word_count": 1515 }, "last_updated": "2023-07-14T19:55:29.740348+00:00", "provenance": { "date_added": "2019-08-29", "source": "Harvard", "batch": "2018" }, "casebody": { "judges": [], "parties": [ "STATE v. BURNETT." ], "opinions": [ { "text": "Clakk, O. J:\nTbe defendant was convicted of abduction. There are two counts in the bill, one based upon Eevisal, sec. 3358, which makes it a felony to \u201cabduct or by any means induce any child under the age of fourteen years, who shall reside with the father * * * to leave such person * * * \u201d The second count is under Eevisal, sec. 3630, which makes it a misdemeanor to entice any minor to go beyond the limits of the State for the purpose of employment without the consent in writing \u201cof the parent, guardian or other person having authority over such minor.\u201d The jury found the defendant guilty on the first count and not guilty on the second. After the indictment was read to the jury, the defendant asked leave to withdraw his plea of not guilty and moved to quash the indictment for misjoinder of two different offenses. This was denied, and defendant excepted. A motion to quash after plea of not guilty is allowable only in the discretion of the Court. State v. DeGraff, 113 N. C., 688; State v. Flowers, 109 N. C., 845; State v. Miller, 100 N. C., 543; State v. Jones, 88 N. C., 671.\nWe may note, however, that if the motion had been made in apt time, when the several counts are, as in this case, merely statements of the same transaction varied to meet the different phases of proof, the bill cannot be quashed. State v. Harris, 106 N. C., 682; State v. Parish, 104 N. C., 679; State v. Morrison, 85 N. C., 561; State v. Eason, 70 N. C., 88. An indictment containing several counts describing the same transaction in different ways is unobjectionable. State v. Haney, 19 N. C., 390; State v. Eason, supra; State v. Reel, 80 N. C., 442; State v. Morrison, supra; State v. Parish, supra; State v. Howard, 129 N. C., 656; State v. Morgan, 133 N. C., 743.\nTo charge two separate and distinct offenses in the same count is bad for duplicity, State v. Cooper, 101 N. C., 684, and the bill may be quashed on motion in apt time, but the objection is waived by failing to move in apt time and is cured by a nol. pros, as to all but one charge, or by verdict. State v. Cooper, supra. When an indictment charges several distinct offenses in different counts, whether felonies or misdemeanors, the bill is not defective, though the Court in its discretion may compel the Solicitor to elect, if the offenses are actually distinct and separate, lest the prisoner be confused in his defense or embarrassed in his challenges; but there is no ground to require the Solicitor to elect when the indictment charges the same act \u201cunder different modifications, so as to correspond with the precise proofs that might be adduced.\u201d State v. Haney, 19 N. C., 394; State v. Barber, 113 N. C., 714; Gold Brick case, 129 N. C., 656, and cases there cited. Besides, duplicity is ground only for a motion to quash, made in apt time, and is cured by verdict. State v. Wilson, 121 N. C., 655 ; State v. Hart, 116 N. C., 978; State v. Cooper, supra; State v. Haney, supra; State v. Simons, 70 N. C., 336; State v. Locklear, 44 N. C., 205.\nThe Court charged the jury on the first count that they \u201cmust be satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt,that the girl was under fourteen years, that she was residing with her father, and that the defendant took and carried her away, not only against his will and without his consent, but that the taking and carrying of the child was by the defendant\u2019s force, fraud, persuasion or other inducement, exercising a controlling influence upon her conduct; that if he merely permitted her to go with him and his family and gave her his active assistance, that of itself would not make him guilty; that abduction is the taking and carrying of a child, ward, etc., either by fraud, persuasion or open violence; that the consent of the child is no defense; but if there was no inducement nor force and the child departed from her father entirely voluntarily on her part, the defendant was not guilty of abduction; that should the jury find that the girl was taken away by the defendant against her father\u2019s will and without his consent, the defendant cannot be convicted unless the jury should go further aud find beyond a reasonable doubt that the girl was carried away by the force or fraud or induced to go by the persuasion of the defendant.\u201d This charge substantially embraced the prayers of the defendant so far as they were correct. It was not necessary to give them verbatim. See numerous cases cited in Claris\u2019s Code (3 Ed.), sec. 415.\nIn State v. Chisenhall, 106 N. C., 679, the Court adopts Webster\u2019s definition of abduction,. \u201cThe taking and carrying away of a child, a ward, a wife, etc., either by fraud, persuasion or open violence,\u201d and adds: \u201cIt is clear that the consent of the child, obtained by means of persuasion, is no defense, since the result of such persuasion is just as great an evil as if it had been accomplished by other means. Even under the English statutes where a Taking\u2019 is required, it was said by Wightman, J. (in Rex v. Handley, 1 F. and F., 648), that \u00a3a taking by force is not necessary; it is sufficient if such moral force was used as to create a willingness on the girl\u2019s part to leave her father\u2019s home.\u2019 \u201d The Court then further added that \u201cthe true spirit of the statute is for the protection of the parent.\u201d Of course, if there is no force or inducement and the departure of the child is entirely voluntary, there is no abduction. The defendant has no cause to object to his Honor\u2019s charge. Indeed, it may be here noted that an allegation or proof that the taking was \u201cagainst the father\u2019s will and without his consent\u201d is not required by the statute as to the first count. State v. George, 93 N. C., 567. That the carrying away was with the father\u2019s consent is a defense, the burden of which is upon the defendant. State v. Chisenhall, supra.\nNo Error.", "type": "majority", "author": "Clakk, O. J:" } ], "attorneys": [ "Robert D. Gilmer, Attorney-General, for the State.", "F. S. Spruill, T. M. Pittman, and J. 0. Kittrell for the defendant." ], "corrections": "", "head_matter": "STATE v. BURNETT.\n(Filed September 25, 1906).\nIndictments \u2014 Motion to Quash \u2014 Joinder of Offenses \u2014 Election by Solicitor \u2014 Duplicity\u2014Waiver\u2014Abduction\u2014Elements of Offense \u2014 Defenses\u2014Burden of Proof \u2014 Instructions.\n1. A motion to quash an indictment after plea, of not guilty is allowable only in the discretion of the Court.\n2. An indictment for abduction, containing two counts, one under Rev., see. 3358, which makes it a felony to abduct or by any means induce any child under the age of 14 years to leave the father, and the second count under Rev., see. 3630, which makes it a misdemeanor to entice any minor to go beyond the State without the written consent of the parent, etc., cannot be quashed for misjoinder of two different offenses, as the two counts are merely statements of the same transaction to meet the different phases of proof.\n3. When an indictment charges several distinct offenses in different counts, whether felonies or misdemeanors, the bill is not defective, though the Court may in its discretion compel the Solicitor to elect, if the offenses are actually distinct and separate; but there is no ground to require the Solicitor to elect when the indictment charges the same act \u201cunder different modifications, so as to correspond with the precise proofs that might be adduced.\u201d\n4. To charge two separate and distinct offenses in the same count is bad for duplicity, and the bill may be quashed on motion in apt time, but the objection is waived by failing to move in apt time and is cured by a nol. pros, as to all but one charge, or by verdict.\n5. Abduction under Rev., sec. 3358, is the taking and carrying away of a child, war'd, etc., either by fraud, persuasion, or open violence. The consent of the child is no defense. If there is no force or inducement and the departure of the child is entirely voluntary, there is no abduction.\n6. If the charge substantially embraces the prayers of the appellant so far as they are correct, it is sufficient. It is not necessary to give them verhalim.\n7. In an indictment for abduction under Rev., sec. 3358, an allegation or proof that the taking of the child was \u201cagainst the father\u2019s will and without his consent\u201d is not required. That the carrying away was with the father\u2019s consent is a defense, the burden of which is upon the defendant.\nINDICTMENT for abduction against W. E. Burnett, beard by Judge G. W. Ward and a jury, at the May Term, 1906, of the Superior Court of Vance.\nErom a verdict of guilty and judgment thereon, the defendant appealed.\nRobert D. Gilmer, Attorney-General, for the State.\nF. S. Spruill, T. M. Pittman, and J. 0. Kittrell for the defendant." }, "file_name": "0577-01", "first_page_order": 607, "last_page_order": 611 }