State v. Gentry
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Indictment, murder, tried before Stevens, of the Western Distrito Criminal Court at May Special Term, 1899, of MadisoN County.. The prisoner was indicted for the murder of Williard Eranldin, and was convicted of murder in the second degree, and from the judgment rendered, appealed to the Superior Court. The appeal came on to be heard at July Term, 1899, of the Superior Court, before Goble, who affirmed the judgment, and the prisoner appealed to the Supreme Court.
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Indictment, murder, tried before Stevens, of the Western Distrito Criminal Court at May Special Term, 1899, of MadisoN County.. The prisoner was indicted for the murder of Williard Eranldin, and was convicted of murder in the second degree, and from the judgment rendered, appealed to the Superior Court. The appeal came on to be heard at July Term, 1899, of the Superior Court, before Goble, who affirmed the judgment, and the prisoner appealed to the Supreme Court. The circumstances attending the homicide, the exceptions to his Honor, Judge Stevens’ charge, and to his refusal to charge as…
1Opinion of the CourtCi.abK, J.
The prisoner, convicted in the Criminal Court for Madison County of murder in the second degree, appealed to the Superior Court, in which his assignment of error being overruled, he appeals to this Court. ' The only exceptions relied on, are that the Court did not charge as requested, “that if the .jury shall find from the evidence that the deceased assaulted the prisoner with a knife and being himself without fault had reason 'to apprehend that he was about to suffer death or great bodily harm unless he killed the deceased, then he could stand his ground and kill the deceased, and the…
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- State v. . StantonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1841
- State v. . FreemanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1898
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