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  "id": 11960251,
  "name": "Branch vs. Bradley and others",
  "name_abbreviation": "Branch v. Bradley",
  "decision_date": "1798-04",
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  "first_page": "53",
  "last_page": "54",
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      "cite": "2 Hayw. 53"
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      "cite": "3 N.C. 53"
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  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "N.C. Super. Ct.",
    "id": 22358,
    "name": "North Carolina Superior Court"
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    "name_long": "North Carolina",
    "name": "N.C."
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    "parties": [
      "Branch vs. Bradley and others."
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    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Per curiam.\n-The defendants plead a justification under a warrant to arrest the plaintiff\u2019s negro ; they do not produce the warrant, but prove it by parol. The consto* Me must produce it or he cannot justify under it; the warrant is put in writing, to the end he may produce it when questioned for what he does pursuant to it; and without producing the YWi-mt, he is in the same situation as if none ever existed.\u2014 h \"to suck of the defendants as were summoned to aid him iu rrfoin\" the arrest, they may justify without producing the war-they were bound to assist the officer, and could not first \u2122q!tire \u00ed sight of his warrant; so whether he bad one or not, u q tv '.re bound to obey ; But if after they were summoned they acted Improperly, and did more than was necessary to compel a submission to the arrest, they were trespassers. And If the constable, after the arrest, suffered the negro to be beaten by Bradley, he was a.-trespasser\u25a0; for the arrest was made-for-the purpose of carrying him before a magrstste, and not for that of beating him without carrying him before the magistrate.\nVerdict and judgment for the plaintiff vs. Bradley and the constable.' \u2019",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Per curiam."
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    ],
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    "head_matter": "Branch vs. Bradley and others.\n\u2019\"T'-RESPASS."
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  "file_name": "0053-01",
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