State v. . Brantly and Watkins
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Robbeey, tried before Watts, J., at Spring Term 1869, of «the Superior Court of Ware. The bill of indictment was found at Spring Term 1869, of -■¿lie Superior Court of Franklin, and upon the affidavit of tlie .defendants, the cause was removed to Wake. The facts suffi«ciently appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtRodman, J.
The prisoners were indicted for robbery and larceny. Upon their trial one Dampier, an accomplice, was ■ examined as a witness for the prosecution. The counsel for the defendants asked the Court to charge the jury that if they ' believed any witness or witnesses had wilfully sworn falsely to any material fact in the case, they were authorized to reject the whole of the evidence of such witness or witnesses. The learned Judge declined to charge as requested, but told the jury that the rule “falsum in uno falsum in omnibus,” does not now prevail in this State: that the jury could believe a part,…
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