State v. . Davis
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Murder, tried before Tourgee, J., at Chatham, Spring ‘Term, 1869. Upon the trial, one Andrew Turner, a witness for the State, testified that he, with the deputy sheriff and several others, arrested the prisoner; that the deputy seized him, and immediately commenced binding him with ropes; that the prisoner was greatly agitated and frightened, and trembled like a leaf, •and that his eyes glared; that just at this time, the witness asked the prisoner, “How is this, tell me all…
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Murder, tried before Tourgee, J., at Chatham, Spring ‘Term, 1869. Upon the trial, one Andrew Turner, a witness for the State, testified that he, with the deputy sheriff and several others, arrested the prisoner; that the deputy seized him, and immediately commenced binding him with ropes; that the prisoner was greatly agitated and frightened, and trembled like a leaf, •and that his eyes glared; that just at this time, the witness asked the prisoner, “How is this, tell me all about it, Nero? you had better have taken my advice;” and that thereupon the prisoner confessed, Ac. The counsel for…
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Upon the trial, one Andrew Turner, a witness for the State, testified that he, with the deputy sheriff and several others, arrested the prisoner; that the deputy seized him, and immediately commenced binding him with ropes; that the prisoner was greatly agitated and frightened, and trembled like a leaf, and that his eyes glared; that just at this time, the witness asked the prisoner, "How is this, tell me all about it, Nero; you had better have taken my advice;" and that thereupon the prisoner confessed, c.
The counsel for the prisoner here objected that the confessions were not admissible.…
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