State v. . Jones
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Indictment for murder, removed from Union county and tried at Spring Term, 1882, of Mkcklenbukg- Superior Court, before Gudger, J. The material portion of the- evidence offered on the part of the state is as follows : On the 23rd of September, 1880, the deceased (Spencer Phillips) and some other persons-came to the town of Monroe in Union county, late in the evening and drove into Stewart’s lot.
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Indictment for murder, removed from Union county and tried at Spring Term, 1882, of Mkcklenbukg- Superior Court, before Gudger, J. The material portion of the- evidence offered on the part of the state is as follows : On the 23rd of September, 1880, the deceased (Spencer Phillips) and some other persons-came to the town of Monroe in Union county, late in the evening and drove into Stewart’s lot. Soon after their arrival, the prisoner and his father (Charles Jones) drove their wagon into the same lot, where there was a fire. The prisoner left, and after an absence of an hour or two, returned…
1Opinion of the CourtAshe, J.
In the view we lake of this case, we deem it needless to inquire whether there is any error in the principles of law laid down by His Honor in his numerous instructions to the jury. The question is: has he given those instructions in the manner the law has made it his duty to do. The law prescribes and defines this duty. It declares that a judge in delivering his charge to the jury shall state in a plain and correct manner the evidence given in the case, and declare and explain the law arising thereon. Rev. Code, eh. 31, § 130; C. C. P., § 237.
Our jurors are plain, practical men, who, to…
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