State v. . Beal
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT for murder, tried before Colie, J., at Spring term, 1896, of Chatham Superior Court. The facts appear in the opinion of Associate Justice Claeií. The defendant was convicted of manslaughter and appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
ClabK, J.:
The exceptions to evidence are without merit and require no discussion. The prisoner insists, however, that the judge erred in refusing his prayer that there was not sufficient evidence to submit the case to the jury.
The prisoner was charged with having caused the death of one Gunter by screwing down the safety valve of the boiler of a steam engine of which Gunter was fireman, thereby intentionally causing an explosion, resulting in the death of Gunter and another man. There was evidence for the State that the prisoner had been discharged as fireman, Gunter being put in his place,…
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