State v. . Locklear
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT foe. mtodbR, and being accessory before the fact, tried before Holce, J., at October Term, 1895, of Robeson Superior Court. The bill of indictment charged Wade Locklear with the murder of Burdie Bullard, and Patrick Locklear and G-. W. Locklear with being accessories before the fact.
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK and MONTGOMERY, JJ., dissent. The prisoner Wade Locklear is indicted for the (1155) murder of Burdie Bullard, and the prisoners Patrick Locklear and G. W. Locklear as accessories before the fact. So the guilt of Wade must be established before Patrick and G. W. Locklear can be found guilty. The fact that Burdie Bullard was killed by a gunshot would through the head was not disputed, but there was no direct testimony as to who did it, nor as to the circumstances under which it was done. It was a case of circumstantial evidence.
There was a great deal of evidence introduced on the trial to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Sparf v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- State v. FullerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1894
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