State v. . Massage
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was an indictment against the prisoner for killing Phillip Weaver, tried before Logan, J., at Spring Term, 1871, ■of Lincoln Superior Court. The evidence was as follows : Charles McLeod, a witness for the State, testified that when lie first saw the prisoner, the latter was near a crib about three hundred yards distant from witness, and that the deceased was at the fence-which enclosed the barn yard, and near the prisoner, who went to the fence. Heard rocks thrown.
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This was an indictment against the prisoner for killing Phillip Weaver, tried before Logan, J., at Spring Term, 1871, ■of Lincoln Superior Court. The evidence was as follows : Charles McLeod, a witness for the State, testified that when lie first saw the prisoner, the latter was near a crib about three hundred yards distant from witness, and that the deceased was at the fence-which enclosed the barn yard, and near the prisoner, who went to the fence. Heard rocks thrown. Deceased attempted to get over the fence when he was pushed back by the prisoner. The deceased then crossed the fence at…
1Opinion of the Court
The evidence was as follows:
Charles McLeod, a witness for the State, testified that when he first saw the prisoner, the latter was near a crib about three hundred yards distant from witness, and that the deceased was at the fence which enclosed the barn yard, and near the prisoner, who went to the fence. Heard rocks thrown. Deceased attempted to get over the fence when he was pushed back by the prisoner.
The deceased then crossed the fence at another place, and pursued the prisoner, who ran. That Alfred Mullins then came up, when the deceased took after Mullins, who retreated 15 or 20 steps;…
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