State v. . Goodson
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Indictment for Murder, tried at Fall Term, 1890, of the Superior Court of McDowell County, M&rrimon, J., presiding. There was a verdict of “guilty,” and judgment of death, from which prisoner appealed. The facts are stated in the opinion.'
1Opinion of the Court
Mebjrimon, C. J.:
The evidence produced on the trial was abundant to prove, indeed, it was not denied, that some person murdered the deceased, but the prisoner insisted that there was no evidence to go to the jury to prove that he was the guilty party, as charged in the indictment. The Court held otherwise, and the prisoner excepted, thus presenting a single question for our consideration.
It is well settled that the evidence produced for such purpose should be sufficient, in some reasonable aspect of it, to prove the prisoner’s guilt, else the Court should instruct the jury that there was no…
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