State v. English
Supreme Court of North Carolina
' Appeal by defendant from Long, J., at July Term, 1913, of RANDOLPH. . Tbe defendant was indicted in tbe Superior Court of .Randolph County for tbe murder of John M. Armstrong, the. homicide having been committed on 24 March, 1913. The trial took place at July Term, 1913, when defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and was sentenced to imprisonment for twenty-five years.
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' Appeal by defendant from Long, J., at July Term, 1913, of RANDOLPH. . Tbe defendant was indicted in tbe Superior Court of .Randolph County for tbe murder of John M. Armstrong, the. homicide having been committed on 24 March, 1913. The trial took place at July Term, 1913, when defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and was sentenced to imprisonment for twenty-five years. The special nature of the defense is indicated by the following testimony, taken from the record: “On the trial, evidence was offered by the State showing that the defendant and the deceased were engaged in…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
Tbe prisoner noted several exceptions during tbe course of tbe trial, and we will now consider them in tbe order they are stated in tbe record.
*506Tbe first exception was taken to the ruling of the court refusing a motion for a continuance. The 'motion was heard upon affidavits, and it appears therefrom that it was made on the ground that the defendant was unable to procure the attendance of certain witnesses. A reading of the affidavits, and the circumstances attending the making of the motion and the ruling of the court thereon, show that there was no abuse of discretion. The granting of a…
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