Legal Opinion

State v. . Fulkerson

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided January 5, 1867PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Murder, tried before Fowle, J., at Fall Term, 1866, of the Superior Court of Forsyth. The points in the case sufficiently appear from the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtReade, J.

It was admitted that the deceased, Annie Grunet, came to her death by poison prepared by Jane Grunet, for the purpose of killing Mrs. Grunet, the step-mother of Annie; and that the poisoned soup which Jane made for Mrs. Grunet was taken by Annie; and there was evidence tending to show that the prisoners were accessories before the fact. His Honor charged the jury that they, must be satisfied that the prisoners knew of Jane’s purpose to poison Mrs. Grunet, and that they aided, abetted, counselled or encouraged Jane in her purpose.

There can be no doubt, that if A lay poison for B, and he or…

2Cited by12 opinions

  1. Gladden v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1974
  2. State v. CrawfordSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1963
  3. State v. DeyoSupreme Court of Missouri · 1962
  4. State v. ChildersOhio Supreme Court · 1938
  5. State v. . SheffieldSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1934

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