State v. Wilcox.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT against James Wilcox, beard by Judge W. B. Qouncill and a jury, at March Term, 1903, of the Superior Court of Perquimans County. From a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree and judgment thereon, the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
This was an indictment against the defendant for the murder of Nellie Cropsey. The State introduced testimony tending to show that W. H. Cropsey, the father of the deceased, had been living in Elizabeth City since April, 1898; that at the time of the disappearance of deceased and for two years prior thereto his residence was within a short distance of the Pasquotank River. That deceased was at the time of her death 19 years old; that the defendant met her in June, 1898, and began paying her attentions, he being a young unmarried man; that his attentions were marked by frequent visits, as…
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