State v. . Harris
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Murder, tried beforq, Mitchell, J., at Spring Term 1868, of tbe Superior Court of Rowan. The prisoner, a colored man, was indicted together with one Jane Harris, who had lived with him as his wife while they were slaves and after emancipation had continued to live with him having complied with the requirements of the Act of 1866, ch. 40 ; but he was put upon trial alone.
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Murder, tried beforq, Mitchell, J., at Spring Term 1868, of tbe Superior Court of Rowan. The prisoner, a colored man, was indicted together with one Jane Harris, who had lived with him as his wife while they were slaves and after emancipation had continued to live with him having complied with the requirements of the Act of 1866, ch. 40 ; but he was put upon trial alone. The deceased, a boy eighteen or nineteen years old, was the illegitimate son of Jane, and it was alleged that he came to his death in consequence of numerous and severe beatings upon his naked body, inflicted by the prisoner…
1Opinion of the CourtEeade, J.
In considering the legal questions involved, we hope that we have not allowed ourselves to be unduly influenced by the cruel and inhuman acts detailed in the evidence.
1. In considering the first exception on the part of the defendant, it is to be recollected that the theory of the defence was that the deceased did not come to his death by the whippings, but in consequence of' a severe burn on the abdomen.
Dr. Eraley was introduced by the State, and gave it as his opinion that the burn was received after death. This testimony was left to the jury by his Honor, as tending to corroborate the…
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