State v. . Thorp
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Indictment for murder, tried before Henry, J., at Fall Term, 1874, of GRanyille Superior Court. The defendant Erancis Thorp was charged with the murder of her child by throwing him into a river. On the [trial below, a witness on the part of the State, swore that he saw the defendant and one Peter Groodwin going in the direction of the river about three-quarters of a mile from the ford where the child was found dead; that he knew the prisoner well, he also knew the deceased.
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Indictment for murder, tried before Henry, J., at Fall Term, 1874, of GRanyille Superior Court. The defendant Erancis Thorp was charged with the murder of her child by throwing him into a river. On the [trial below, a witness on the part of the State, swore that he saw the defendant and one Peter Groodwin going in the direction of the river about three-quarters of a mile from the ford where the child was found dead; that he knew the prisoner well, he also knew the deceased. That on the evening when he saw defendant going to the river, she had a child in her arms; he was distant some one…
1Opinion of the CourtReads, J.
The prisoner was charged with drowning her child in a river. A witness saw her going towards the river with a child in her arms. The witness said he knew the prisoner and identified her, he knew the child also, but he was one hundred yards off and was not sure who the child in her arms was. He was then asked if he recognized the child as the deceased ? Which question was objected to by the prisoner and ruled out by the Court: for what reason we cannot conceive, as it was clearly competent. Possibly it was ruled out as being a leading question. The Solicitor then asked, “ Is it your best…
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