State v. . Caldwell
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Indictment for murder, tried before Meares, J., at August Term, 1894, of the Criminal Court of Mecklenburg County. The defendant was charged with the murder of one Bob Nelson, upon the following bill of indictment, viz.: “ The jurors for the State, upon their oath, present that Sam ■ Caldwell, late of Mecklenburg County, at and in said county, on the 10th day of May, 1894, with force and arms, did felo-niously, wilfully, and of his malice aforethought, kill and murder Bob…
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Indictment for murder, tried before Meares, J., at August Term, 1894, of the Criminal Court of Mecklenburg County. The defendant was charged with the murder of one Bob Nelson, upon the following bill of indictment, viz.: “ The jurors for the State, upon their oath, present that Sam ■ Caldwell, late of Mecklenburg County, at and in said county, on the 10th day of May, 1894, with force and arms, did felo-niously, wilfully, and of his malice aforethought, kill and murder Bob Nelson, against the form of the statute in such cases made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the State.”…
1Opinion of the Court
Shepherd, C. J.:
There are several exceptions in the record, but the only one argued by counsel in this Court involves the validity of the Act of 1891, ch. 68, which pro vides that “ if a mortal wound is given, or other violence or injury inflicted, or poison is administerd on the high seas or land, either within or without the limits of this State, by means whereof death ensues in any county thereof, said offence may be prosecuted and punished in the county where the death happens.” This statute is the same, in totiden ver-bis, as the Acts of Massachusetts and Michigan, and is substantially…
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