State v. . Casey
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from Carter, J., at October Term, 1911, of OeayeN. Tbe prisoners were jointly indicted for the murder of Joseph "Whitty, who died 22 May, 1910. The charge of the State is that the deceased came to his death by means of poison administered by the defendants with felonious intent. The prisoners were convicted of murder in the second degree, and were sentenced to the State Prison for a period of ten-years each. APPEAL OF THE PRISONER BUKRILL CASEY.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The evidence in this case tends to prove that the feme prisoner was the wife of Joseph "Whitty, the deceased, and that she was married to her coprisoner, Burrill Casey, about a month after the death of "Whitty. There is most abundant evidence in the record that the deceased came to his death by means of poisoning.
It would serve no good purpose to review the evidence in this ease, which tends strongly to proye, not only that the deceased came to his death by means of poison, hut that the poison was administered by these unfortunate prisoners,
We have examined carefully the exceptions to the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- State v. . FreemanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1898
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