State v. . Peebles
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Webb, J., at July Term, 1915, of Hat-wood. Indictment for murder. The defendant was tried for murder in the second degree and convicted of manslaughter, and from the judgment rendered appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The defendant was convicted of manslaughter in the killing of one A. M. Bennett. The testimony tended to prove that the defendant was assistant postmaster and agent for a railroad at Sunburst, N. C., and that the homicide occurred in the station office of the railroad company. It is due to the defendant to say that- there is no evidence of any intentional killing, but the evidence for the State tends to prove that the death of Bennett was caused by a careless handling of a pistol by the defendant, and upon that theory he was convicted of manslaughter.
•During the trial one Cola Allen, the…
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