State v. . Connor
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by prisoners from Adams, J., at October Term, 1919, of Ieedell. Tbe prisoners were convicted of tbe murder in tbe first degree of Lloyd Cloaninger, wbo at tbe time of tbe billing was deputy sheriff of Iredell. Tbe deceased, under a warrant from a justice of tbe peace, was commanded to arrest Boizy Conner and one of tbe prisoners, Sinclair Conner, under a charge of assault with a deadly weapon upon one Farin.
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Appeal by prisoners from Adams, J., at October Term, 1919, of Ieedell. Tbe prisoners were convicted of tbe murder in tbe first degree of Lloyd Cloaninger, wbo at tbe time of tbe billing was deputy sheriff of Iredell. Tbe deceased, under a warrant from a justice of tbe peace, was commanded to arrest Boizy Conner and one of tbe prisoners, Sinclair Conner, under a charge of assault with a deadly weapon upon one Farin. On Sunday, 3 August, 1919, a large crowd of negroes, and some whites, were attending a camp meeting at Morrow’s Grove, a negro church. Among these were tbe prisoners, Ralph Conner…
1Opinion of the CourtClark, C. J.
The prisoners declined to introduce any testimony. There are 12 assignments of error to the charge, and 6 to the testimony. The exceptions, broadly speaking, present two contentions for the prisoners : 1. That there was no sufficient evidence of a previous conspiracy between the prisoners to compass the death of the deceased. 2. That there was no sufficient evidence to submit to the jury, independent of that concerning the conspiracy to murder, against the defendant Ralph Conner.
The prisoners’ exceptions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 are all based on the theory that there was no evidence of such…
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