Legal Opinion

State v. . Pratt

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided February 5, 1883PublishedCited by 8 opinions

INDICTMENT for murder tried at Fall Term, 1882, of Wayne Superior Court, before Mac Rae, J. Verdict of guilty; judgment; appeal by the prisoner.

1Opinion of the CourtRuffin, J.

The prisoner and Frank Moore were indicted and tried together for the murder of one Leonard O’Neil.

Many witnesses were examined for the prosecution, and amongst them one Bogue, who testified that he saw the prisoner and Moore on the day upon which O’Neil was killed. Witness was sitting in the corner of a fence, and saw them coming from the direction of the town of Fremont, and going towards the skirt of the woods where the body of the deceased was afterwards found. They crossed the fence about fifteen steps from where the witness was sitting; and just before getting to the fence, the prisoner…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State v. . EflerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1881
  2. State v. . BallardSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1878

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. BryantSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1953
  2. Johnson v. . AllenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1888
  3. Dugger v. . McKessonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1888
  4. State v. . HunterSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1886
  5. Hollifield v. . Telephone Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1916

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