State v. . Boyle
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Trial by Jury — Judge’s Charge — Rape. upon circumstances of fact which attended this case; for instance, that if the witness be of good fame, if she presently discovered the offence, if the party accused fled for it — -these, and the like, are concurring circumstances which give-greater probability to her evidence; but, on the other side, if she concealed the injury for any considerable time after she had an opportunity to complain; if the place where the-act alleged to…
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Trial by Jury — Judge’s Charge — Rape. upon circumstances of fact which attended this case; for instance, that if the witness be of good fame, if she presently discovered the offence, if the party accused fled for it — -these, and the like, are concurring circumstances which give-greater probability to her evidence; but, on the other side, if she concealed the injury for any considerable time after she had an opportunity to complain; if the place where the-act alleged to have been committed was where she might have been heard, and she made no outcry, these, and the-like circumstances, are to…
1ConcurrenceAvjbry, J.
Without filing a formal dissent to the opinion of the Court, I prefer to rest my concurrence in the conclusion reached upon different grounds.
Dr. Hines, an acknowledged expert in all matters pertaining to surgery and medicine, was offered as a witness for the State. After he had described in his examination-in-chiefi the laceration he discovered in making a private examination of the prosecutrix, and expressed the opinion that her condition was caused by receñí carnal connection with a man, he stated, in reply to a question on cross-examination, in reference to the nature of the apparent…
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- Milwaukee & Saint Paul Railway Co. v. KelloggSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Flynt v. . BodenhamerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1879
- State v. . CollinsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1874
- People v. ReyesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1855
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