State v. Cobb
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Lane, J., at June Term, 1913, of Halifax. Tbe defendant Cobb and Henry Gurkins were jointly indicted and tried for tbe murder of Tbomas Sbaw. During tbe trial tbe State agreed to a verdict of not guilty as to Gurkins. Tbe defendant Cobb was convicted of murder in tbe first degree and sentenced to death. Tbe defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
There are sixty exceptions in tbe case on appeal. We have examined each one of them and tbe entire record with that care which tbe importance of the case demands, but will not undertake to comment on them seriatim, as it would unduly lengthen this opinion, and would, be threshing over again much “old straw.”
Tbe most important contention of defendant is that the court should have allowed his motion to nonsuit or direct a verdict of not guilty at conclusion of the evidence, upon the ground that the evidence is insufficient to convict.
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