State v. . Dowell
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was an indictment for an assault with intent to commit a rape, tried at Spring Term, 1890, of Rowan Superior Court, Shipp, J., presiding. The defendant was found guilty, and appealed from the judgment. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
MERRIMON, C. J., dissented. The defendant was found guilty, and appealed from the judgment.
The facts are stated in the opinion. Ordinarily, precedent is grateful to the judicial mind as something approved and steadfast on which it may rest with confidence, but sometimes cases arise of such exceptional enormity that, for the fair name of humanity, the judge would hope to find no counterpart in criminal annals. We incline to believe that the case under consideration is one of such bad eminence. Unmatched in iniquity, as it appears to be, it is hoped, however, that the application of a few…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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