State v. . Green
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from Councill, J., at November Term, 1909, of Mitchell. Indictment for murder. Tbe prisoner was convicted of murder in tbe second degree, and from tbe judgment of tbe court appealed. Tbe evidence tended to prove tbat tbe prisoner sbot and killed Ed.
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Appeal from Councill, J., at November Term, 1909, of Mitchell. Indictment for murder. Tbe prisoner was convicted of murder in tbe second degree, and from tbe judgment of tbe court appealed. Tbe evidence tended to prove tbat tbe prisoner sbot and killed Ed. L. Young on 9 September, 1909, about 12 o’clock in tbe day; tbat prisoner entered tbe bouse of tbe deceased while be was asleep, sbot twice in tbe ceiling of tbe room, presumably to awaken tbe deceased, and then sbot bim four times. Death resulted in a few minutes. As prisoner walked out of tbe bouse be was asked wbat was tbe matter, and be…
1Opinion of the CourtManning, J.
Tbe record contains no exception to tbe refusal of tbe trial judge to give special instructions, and no exception to bis Honor’s charge to tbe jury. Tbe entire, charge is included in tbe record, and it contains an able and elaborate presentation of tbe law of tbe case as applicable to facts as tbe jury should find them to be. The contentions of both State and the prisoner are stated fully and impartially. We have, therefore, a verdict resting upon a charge so clear and just and able that tbe learned counsel of tbe prisoner have not complained to us of any error in it prejudicial to tbe…
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