State v. . Lewis
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from Peebles, J., at November Term, 1910, of Nash. Indictment for murder. There was verdict rendered that tbe prisoner was guilty of murder in the first degree. Judgment imposing sentence of death, and prisoner excepted and appealed. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court by Mr. Justice Moke.
1Opinion of the CourtIIokb, J.
We have given the case the careful consideration which the supreme importance of the issue demands, and find no reversible error. The evidence tended to show that on the night of 18 September, the deceased, J. M. Stallings, chief of police of the town Spring Hope, Nash County, having a valid warrant, went with two others to the home of the prisoner to effect his arrest. It was in the early hours of the night, about 8 :20, and, so far as the evidence shows, there was nothing done out of the ordinary to excite the fears or arouse the anger of the prisoner, but only a call by the deceased for…
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