State v. . Dunlop
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was an indictment of the prisoner for the murder of one James A. Gleason, tried at the last term of the Superior Court for the County of Lincoln, before his Honor, Judge Logan. The homicide was alleged to have been committed in the City of Charlotte, but the trial was removed, at the instance of the prisoner, from the County of Mecklenburg to that of Lincoln.
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This was an indictment of the prisoner for the murder of one James A. Gleason, tried at the last term of the Superior Court for the County of Lincoln, before his Honor, Judge Logan. The homicide was alleged to have been committed in the City of Charlotte, but the trial was removed, at the instance of the prisoner, from the County of Mecklenburg to that of Lincoln. On the trial many witnesses were examined, both for the State and for the prisoner, but it is unnecessary to state the testimony, as the material facts will be found in the opinion of this Court. During the progress of the trial,…
1Opinion of the CourtRodman, J.
It is necessary to state the evidence on each side of this case in a general way, in order Lto see whether the instructions prayed for, and the points made by the accused, arose out of the evidence; and whether the instructions of the Judge were fairly responsive to those points.
The evidence for the State tended to prove that at an examination in the city of Charlotte touching an assault and battery, held before the Mayor of that city, in December, 1868; the deceased asked the Mayor if he allowed such language to be used in his office, (alluding to some words which it was said passed between…
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