State v. Archbell.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT against W. J. Arcbbell, beard by Judge Geo. W. Ward and a jury, at tbe May Term, 1905, of tbe Superior Court of Beaufort County, for an assault upon Jessie Arcb-bell, bis wife, with a deadly weapon. From tbe judgment and sentence of tbe court, tbe defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBeown, J.
Tbe testimony relied upon by tbe State tended to prove that tbe defendant assaulted bis wife by severely beating her with a large leather strap, being part of a buggy trace, about two and a half feet long. There was also testimony tending to prove that at the time the. wife was very sick. These charges were all denied by the defendant on the stand, and he offered other evidence tending to discredit them.
In the very able brief of Mr. Simmons, counsel for defendant, it is contended with much feeling and eloquence that the defendant was greatly prejudiced by the alleged vehement denunciation of…
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