State v. Hough.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT against W. L. Hough, for tbe murder of one George Hartsell, beard bj Judge. W. R. Allen and a jury, at tbe October Term, 1904, of tbe Superior Court of Cabaeeus County. Tbe prisoner was convicted of manslaughter, and from tbe judgment of tbe court, be appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
His Honor charged the jury that if they believed the evidence of the defendant be would at least be guilty of manslaughter, to which the defendant excepted. It follows, therefore, from the charge of His Honor, that any idea of self-defense was excluded, and if, taking the defendant’s testimony in its most favorable aspect, an inference of self-defense might have been reasonably drawn by the jury from the testimony of the defendant, then there was error in the charge of the court.
The defendant’s wife testified that the deceased made an improper proposal to her in the field where she was at…
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