Legal Opinion

State v. Kincaid.

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided December 4, 1906PublishedCited by 12 opinions

INDICTMENT against S. A. Kincaid, beard by Judge M. H. Justice and a jury, at the March Term, 1906, of the Superior Court of BueKe. The defendant was convicted.of the crime of seducing one Ethel Hood under promise of marriage, and from the sentence imposed he appealed.

1Opinion of the Court

CONNOR and WALKER, JJ., dissenting. The defendant contends that the Court erred in admitting testimony that he was living in fornication and adultery with Lillian Davis, and the brief of the defendant's counsel points (658) out the pages of the record alleged to contain such evidence. It is contended that such evidence is collateral to the issue and that it constitutes an attack on the defendant's character before he had become a witness and put his character in issue. Many authorities are cited in support of such contention, which it is unnecessary to review, as we think the counsel for the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State v. Horner.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
  2. State v. . LawhornSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1883

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Pratt v. BishopSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1962
  2. State v. . MaloneeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1910
  3. State v. . PaceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1912
  4. State v. . TuttleSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1935
  5. Doub v. HauserSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1962

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