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r i ms ii aJ | the Law ' Lsmakik ■ By ROBERT E. LEE (For th* N. C. Bar Association) Crimea of Employ *«i I» an employer‘criminally liable fOy the thefts of his employee? The general rule Is that unless liability has been imposed by i statute, an employer is not crimi nally liable for the acts or mis deeds of his employee if he has not previously authorized or as sented to them. ■» The mere fact that the crime was committed in the course of his emplo<Wnent, as in civil cades, does not render the employer re sponsible for it. The employ.ee alone must answer to the sov ereign State for his criminal act. Criminal responsibility must rest, except in exceptional cases, upon the ground of assent, for other wise the mental element neces sary to make the act a crime .is lackjng. Ah employer cannot be pun ished for the theft of an employee he has not previously authorized. The doctrine applied in civil cas es, that ratification is equivalent to authority previously given, has no application in the criminal law. Oije who employs or procures another to commit a crime is, of course, responsible along with the actual wrongdoer for the offense committed. Are there any occasions where an employer can be held crjh)i nally liable for the acts iOf his employee notwithstanding that they have been done without- tvis Authority and contrary to his in structions? Yes. There are a few excep tional instances where statutes have imposed punishment' Upon employers notwithstanding that •he acts done by their employees, are without authority or coiitraryl fto instructions. The intoxicating liquor statutes and pure food lk'wsl are examples. In such cases it is I the sct itself, not the intent, that determines the guilt; the actual harm to the public being the same ip one case as the other. It is often said that it is the duty of the employer to see to it that such statutes are not violated by his' employees in the course of their employment. May an employee be punished for a criminal act if he proves that it was done by the command II Sava on eVerVtßing you ipand ths Bid-a-Buck war .. . Yaa. every dollar you apend hare 11 bring* you a Bld-a-Buck plus "extras" oa our many spacialii Coma in and chack over lh«h! I General Hardware Paint Specials For Sportsmen II COMMERCIAL ■ . Browning and Remington II s?* If »«•' DbutrsCtGans layers Water Pump* H I AntHieconi Players Wall Fix Flat moSSSim ■u And Kecorariayers «4 75Ga | Shot Gttns II Skil Portable Tools I Winchester, Remington [I 11 Wood And Coal $3.75 Gai. Eastern aid Ftomfaaicm I »«»»«•. p,„„ p, * Ammunition I Heaters ileem Floor hname I c.leem Aluminum Decoys || UI e^, 8 —y Ware ‘ • f I jp H WmMam * | A ■ 1 rlP!r ; E£; ! J 9||PWIlPf . WmWii Stewart Granger and Barbara Ruth are romantically teamed In John Braboume'a Cinemascope production. "Harry Black and the Tiger'V Rimed in India, and coming Sunday and Monday to the Taylor Theatre. Anthony Stool also ctars in the Twentieth Can-. iury-Fox release directed bu Hugo Fregonese. s . - -- - —-nnnorl- l AruW^i%Ai , uvV w-«-eee eo e^AAA^AAAAA^^^AO of his employer? Yes. It is ho excuse for thC commission of a crime that it was done under the mere command of another. Both the person who actually committed the crime and the one who commanded it mayi be punished. It has been said that a man is excused if he commits a crime upon the command of other under reasonable apprehension on his part of instant death in case com pliance with the command is re fused. £ •* Croum JH I h^ri Mgr/ I # ..j [ I BEAGRAM-DISTIU.ERS COMPANY. NEW YOST CITY. BLENDED WHISKEY. 86 PROOF. 65% BRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS. •mot CHOWAfc HtNALD, EDENTON, NOBTtI CAROLINA. THOTHfeXT OCTOBER 83. 1958. PECAN CROP LOWER Based on condition reports from producers as of October 1, the . North Carolina.pecan crop is fore cast at 1,900,000 pounds down 300,000 pounds,from September 1, according to the North Carolina Crop Reporting Service. The cur-■ rent estimate is twice the size of | the short crop of 950,000 pounds | produced in 1957 but is about 10 per cent below the 10-year aver age production. ■———♦ j SUNDAY SCHOOL I , LgSSON j % im mm im wm Coin'd, from Pago 14—Section 2 politics with city bosses and un derworld characters, our diplo matic and domestic life has been clouded with question' marks • about the dependability of our !.own integrity. Today our world lis jeopardized by the political I leaders of a world power who' have deliberately themselves: of from spiritual principles. We! must tread warily, but there is a principle associated with Jesus’ messiahship to which we should hold fast, and it may help us to understand something in the pres ent world crisis. It is that God’s spifit is needed if a person is to i have the ability to discern evil as it is. The presence of God’s spirit in Jesus enabled him to identify the true nature of his tempter and the proposals made. While Russia and her subser vient satellites labor to erase from young minds every vista of. Chris tianity, we must labor more earn estly to make our Christian faith "' ,IO - A - ,UCK " '» tMI *XCIUSIVE TRADE-MARK Os RET MILK CO. H SAVE ON EVERYTHING YOU SPEND - THE BID-A-BUCK way! Yes, ■ I ■ every dollar you *pehd here bring* you a Bid-A-Buck (plus "extras" on our I Shop PHTHISIC’S \ir r» i ol n . iL •• , ■ 9 Specials) .. . and every Bid-A-Buck you save gives you a chance for a bigger I • FOR FRESHNESS MOF6 People Shop PhthlSlC S 9 isl better prize at the Bid-A-Buck Auction! Remember, our quality foods I f ai« Ounlitv fa»» Vi*pclitipgc fam wt. 9 and low prices plus extra savings with Bid-A-Bucks are the best waj to I * FOR QUALITY * OF S?*^ ' . * reStlll^ SS ’ tor 9 ■ save more on every shopping trip! I « FOR TOP VALUES Top \ allies HI eVCry depart- 9 I merit and Top Value Stamps! I up— J BISCUITS 3 cans 29c „ T I I SELF 12’s Rich Food Bake ’n Serve BACON 57 C ■ I rising ROLLS .. 2 phgs- 43c ~^■■■ I IrS Flour frt Franks i 49<= I I U ■ 9h fisl-00 PORK I I 8-oz. Swanson’s Chicken, Beef I I Pot Pies 25c f; 1 CHUCK * I I— ■ Top J ROAST 43c I I 1 P. • 1 I - ill V ftlU© M Leal^ndTender"""^ "* 9 |rish sticks oO c ® Stamps 1 PORK lh * I II Fancy Home Grown S I STEAKS 49c I I Swfet Potatoessl c ‘' oz - B,CHFOOD ,ULL,ViLBS - I * Factory-Pac Instant Rich Food I I sugar coffee bread E ■ QUART WAY-PAC LARGE || I pTooS SuferSuia -53 c ■ 89c 23c 1 ““I with chinaware | w I I j ar 4jc pkg. 33 c I I itin i iiiipiirn '' SPECIALS | I Iss mTl“k I AlsTo I I I 49r a 14.0 c 1 :87c I I IpHTHTSir S SUPER MARKET, Inc. I ■A. ill i llOlVef 202 S. Broad Street PHONE 3331 Edenton.N.cl 1 PHONE ORDERS FILLED EVERY DAY DELIYER FRIDAY AND SATURDAY! ■ intelligible and meaningful to our rising generation. Jesus’ reply to the tempter with passages from the Old Testament show how well j he had been prepared for such: emergencies by his early religi- , ous training. The prevalence of i juvenile delinquency in this coun- j try today should warn our people 1 of what is in store for our na . tion through the neglect of the I religious training of our children. I I If we practice indifference and ij apathy toward our religious cul :! ture we may lose the illuminating . power of God’s spirit. When wej 1 do that, moral leadership will de part from among us. Then we, i like our present antagonists, will seek our goals through expedien i cies and intrigues. Jesus, in his i time of temptation, did not turm I fi'om the hard way of achieving i his goal. He shunned short cuts,] > and revealed that God’s way of i life can be trusted only with those: persons who are loyal to him and j -. who have taken a firm stand, i against taking short cuts to pow- j • er. With such a wonderful exam • pie before us, can we, as Chris- J i 1 tians, do any less? We must turn our back on temptation and stand fast by the Christian principles to which we are committed. By so | doing we will be setting an exarq- J pie to our own rising generation ; and to the rest of this troubled | world, firm in our belief that! ' right will triumph over evil, in! His name. | (These comments are based on outlines of the Internation al Sunday School Lessons, copyrighted by the Interna- I tional Council of Religious Education, and used by per mission). Bigger Cotton Crop: Forecast For 1958 Cotton production in North Carolina is forecast at 230.000 ; bales of 500 pounds gross weight, j according to an announcement | made by the North Carolina I Crop Reporting Service. This j forecast, based upon reports j from growers and ginners as of October 1, is 15,000 bales above the September 1 forecast. | Despite substantially smaller 'acreage for harvest, this year’s cotton crop would be only 1,000 1 , bales below 1957 production of 1 231,000 bales. However, due to [ successive acreage reductions : over a number of years, the 1958 [ ! crop would be 48 per cent below; I t . : —: ’ —; " SELL YOUR HOGS TO M. D. BAKER HOG BUYING STATION i Tyner, N. C. * l ; Open Daily—Monday thru Friday r > I b '4 FOR PROMPT AND COURTEOUS SERVICE >.n : AND HIGHEST PRICES PAID . . . „ £ DIAL EDENTON 231 L - SUN BURY 2090 MMaMHnMßtir' —.aw r— SECTION flip PAGE FIFTEEN , - , the 10-year average of 441,000 bales and the smallest for thie < state since 1950. i Let never day nor night uft*- hallow’d pass, i9^„ But still remember“■ what -thin., r Lord hath done. not: ; —Shakespeare./'
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