State v. . Baldwin
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Brock, J., at April Term, 1922, of Macon. Tbe defendant was convicted of manslaughter. Tbe State’s evidence tended to sbow tbat on 10 September, 1921, tbe defendant, Harley Baldwin, tbe deceased, Aus Wright, Bill Baldwin, father of Harley, and. Dick Wright were engaged in a game of. cards, about two hundred yards below Nantahala Bridge.
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Appeal by defendant from Brock, J., at April Term, 1922, of Macon. Tbe defendant was convicted of manslaughter. Tbe State’s evidence tended to sbow tbat on 10 September, 1921, tbe defendant, Harley Baldwin, tbe deceased, Aus Wright, Bill Baldwin, father of Harley, and. Dick Wright were engaged in a game of. cards, about two hundred yards below Nantahala Bridge. There was a dispute between Harley and his-father, Bill, on one side, and Aus Wright and Dick on the other, as to which pair had won the game. After tbis bad continued for some time, Aus Wright, tbe deceased, said, “I want my money,”…
1Opinion of the CourtWaleeR, J.
Tbe defendant’s - counsel in their brief discuss only exceptions 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, and 15.
Exceptions 7, 8, and 9 will be considered together. Tbe State, in rebuttal to evidence that tbe deceased, Aus Wright, bad tbe reputation of being a dangerous and violent man, introduced witnesses who testified that be bad no such reputation. Tbe defendant’s counsel, cross-examining these witnesses, asked them if Aus Wright did not have a general reputation for shooting men and cutting them while be was under tbe influence of whiskey. Again, if Aus Wright did not have a general reputation of gambling.…
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