State v. . Keath
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Ikdictment for Murder removed from Cleaveland and 'tried -at Spring Term, 1880, of RutherKokd Superior Gourt, ‘before McKoy, J. Verdict of guilty, judgment, appeal by the .prisoner-.
1Opinion of the CourtAshe, J.
-On the -28th day of January, 1880, one Alice
Ellis, a child, .was found dead in an old field in the county of Cleavelancl, in the vicinity of the -residence of the prisoner. Her bead was crushed as with a stone, and her body bore the marks of violent sexual connection. Suspicion fastened upon the .prisoner. He was arrested, tried and convicted by a jury -at spring -term, 1880, of Rutherford -superior court.
-After -the jury returned their verdict, there was a rule for a new trial. The -rule was discharged and sentence pronounced against- the .prisoner, from which he appealed to this court.
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