State v. . Potts
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Indictment for murder, tried before Graves, J., at Pall Term, 1887, of the Superior Court of Beaufort County. Verdict of guilty as to W. A. Potts, who, alone, appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The prisoner, W. A. Potts, and Susan F. Lincke, are jointly charged in the indictment with the crime of murder, committed in June, 1887, upon the body 'of Paul Lincke, the husband of the last named. Upon their arraignment, in the Superior Court of Beaufort, they pleaded not guilty, and upon trial the prisoner Potts was, by the jury, convicted, and the said Susan F. acquitted of the charge, the first of whom, after sentence of death pronounced against him, appeals to this Court. The case comes before us in a very unusual and imperfect form, none of the facts developed in the evidence being set…
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