State v. . Storkey
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Rape, tried before Warren, J., at Spring Term 1868, of tbe Superior Court of Beaufort. No statement of tbe facts is necessary.
1Opinion of the CourtReade, J.
In tbe case made for this Court, tbe evidence is stated in detail as tbe basis of exceptions by the defendant, That tbe evidence was insufficient to satisfy a jury beyond a reasonable doubt, and, That their verdict was against tbe weight of testimony.
If there was any evidence, its sufficiency was a question for tbe jury, and, Whether tbe verdict was against tbe weight of tbe evidence was a question for tbe discretion of tbe Judge who presided at tbe trial. In neither case can this Court interfere. There was some evidence tending to show tbe defendant’s guilt, and it may not be improper for us…
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