State v. . Moore
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Trial — Removing Jury from Court Room — Discretion—Evidence — Res gestee — Public Holidays — Indictment—Statute— Constitution. This an Indictment for Murder, tried before Bynum, J., at February Term, 1889, of Guileord Superior Court. The facts are stated in the opinion. The following is a copy of the indictment: “State oe North CaroljNA, “ Guilford County. 1 Superior Court, J December Term.
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Trial — Removing Jury from Court Room — Discretion—Evidence — Res gestee — Public Holidays — Indictment—Statute— Constitution. This an Indictment for Murder, tried before Bynum, J., at February Term, 1889, of Guileord Superior Court. The facts are stated in the opinion. The following is a copy of the indictment: “State oe North CaroljNA, “ Guilford County. 1 Superior Court, J December Term. “The jurors for the State, upon their oath, present that Elijah Moore, late of Guilford County, not having the fear of God before his eyes, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil, on…
1Opinion of the Court
Merrimon, C. J.:
Upon his arraignment, the prisoner pleaded to this indictment not guilty. On the trial, the jury rendered a verdict of guilty. Thereupon, he moved in. arrest of judgment, but the Court overruled the motion in that respect, and gave judgment of death against him, from which he appealed.
On the trial, on the cross-examination of a witness by the prisoner’s counsel, the latter put to the witness a question to which the Solicitor for the State objected. The prisoner’s counsel at once began to state to the Court what evidence he desired and expected to elicit. The Solicitor objected…
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