Case Name: STATE v. CEDAR WORKS
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1911-03-08
Citations: 154 N.C. 649
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE v. CEDAR WORKS.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 154
Pages: 649–649

Head Matter:
STATE v. CEDAR WORKS.
(Filed 8 March, 1911.)
Navigable Streams — Obstruction—Evidence—Burden of Proof.
To maintain an indictment for obstructing a canal, it must be shown that the canal was a navigable stream.
Appeal by defendant from J. S. Adams, J., at Fall Term, 1910, of TYRRELL.
Attorney-General and George L. Jones for the State.
Ay code & Winston and W. M. Bond for defendant.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Tbe defendant was indicted for obstructing Basnight's canal. There is no evidence to show that tbe canal was a .public navigable stream, and bis Honor erred in submitting tbe case to tbe jury.
This renders it unnecessary to consider any of tbe other exceptions in tbe record.
Error.