State v. Adams.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT against Will Adams for murder, beard by Judge Fred Moore and a jury, at tbe January Term, 1905, of tbe Superior Court of Waee County.
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INDICTMENT against Will Adams for murder, beard by Judge Fred Moore and a jury, at tbe January Term, 1905, of tbe Superior Court of Waee County. This case was before us at a former term when we ordered a new trial for tbe reason stated in tbe opinion of tbe court. 136 N. O., 611. Tbe defendant was indicted in tbe court below for tbe murder of Mary Bridgers on Friday, January 22, 1904. Tbe testimony tended to show tbat Eobert Brid-gers and bis wife (tbe deceased) and tbeir three' children lived in a bouse off tbe public road and about a mile and a half from tbe defendant’s borne. Tbe defendant…
1Opinion of the Court
Walker, J.,
after stating the facts: The defendant objected to the testimony of Robert Bridgers as to the condition of bis children when be found them on bis return to bis home, upon the ground that it was not pertinent to the issue, and bis. counsel argued before us that if it was pertinent for any purpose it should have been restricted by the court in its charge to that purpose. There was no error committed in regard to this testimony. True it is that evidence as to one offense is not admissible against a defendant to prove that be is also guilty of another and distinct crime, the two having…
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