State v. . Turpin
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Indiotment for Murder tried at Spring Term, 1877, o£ Haywood Superior Court, before Henry, J. Tbe defendant was indicted for killing one Creighton Morrow, and on tbe trial in tbe Court below His Honor refused to admit evidence of tbe general character of tbe deceased for violence, and also refused to admit evidence of threats made by tbe deceased, which had not been communicated to tbe defendant. .The case is sufficiently stated by Mr. Justice ByNum in delivering the opinion…
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Indiotment for Murder tried at Spring Term, 1877, o£ Haywood Superior Court, before Henry, J. Tbe defendant was indicted for killing one Creighton Morrow, and on tbe trial in tbe Court below His Honor refused to admit evidence of tbe general character of tbe deceased for violence, and also refused to admit evidence of threats made by tbe deceased, which had not been communicated to tbe defendant. .The case is sufficiently stated by Mr. Justice ByNum in delivering the opinion of this Court. Tbe jury found tbe defendant guilty of manslaughter. Judgment. Appeal by defendant. 1, The Judge erred…
1Opinion of the CourtBykum, J.
The’prisoner was indicted for murder and was convicted o'f manslaughter. He relied upon the plea of justifiable self-defence, and to make that defence good, offered testimony of the general character of the deceased as a violent and dangerous fighting man, and also of threats made by the deceased against the prisoner, but which were not communicated to him. The exclusion of this evidence is the subject ©f exceptions by the prisoner.
If the proposed testimony when admitted could not have reduced the offence below manslaughter, the crime of which he was convicted, then the prisoner has received…
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