State v. . Merrick
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by prisoner from Stacy, J., at May Term, 1916, of New IIaNovee.
1Opinion of the CourtOlaeK, C. J.
Tbe prisoner was convicted of murder in the first degree, and on appeal, S. v. Merrick, 171 N. C., 788, a new trial was granted, two judges dissenting. A second trial was had in accordance with the opinion of this Court, and the prisoner has been again convicted of murder in the first degree.
It was not denied that the deceased was shot and killed by the prisoner at about 4 p. m., 31 August, 1915, at a bottling plant in "Wilmington. The circumstances are detailed and reviewed in the opinion and the dissenting opinion on the former appeal, and need not be repeated.
It was in evidence that the…
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