State v. . McKay
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT for murder, tried before Biggs, J., and a jury, at November Term, 1908, of Robeson. The prisoner was convicted and sentenced to death. From the judgment of the court be appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
A careful review of - the record in this case discloses no just ground for awarding to the.prisoner another trial.
Exception 1. It is contended by the prisoner that there is no .evidence of murder in the first degree. The evidence adduced against the prisoner is circumstantial in its character, but that species of evidence is sufficient to convict, where it points clearly to the guilt of the accused and. is sufficiently strong to fully convince the jury.
The evidence tends to prove that deceased, one Alex. McKay, was killed by a blow on his head with some heavy instrument, on the, night of 23…
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