Legal Opinion

State v. . Blackwelder

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided June 5, 1866PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Murder, tried at Spring Term of Rowan Superior Court, before Mitchell, J. The prisoner was convicted and sentenced, and thereupon appealed to this court. It is unnecessary to make any statement of the case.

1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.

The bill of exceptions contains many state ments of testimony, rulings of the presiding Judge, and exceptions of the prisoner’s counsel.

Our attention has been particularly called to the following, which relates to what occurred after the jury had received the first instruction from the court, and had retired to consider of their verdict: Not being able to agree, the jury came into court at a late hour in the night, and it is stated that his “ Honor again charged the jury in the absence ot the prisoner and portion of the counsel.” The jury being still uable to agree, it is set forth that his…

2Cited by12 opinions

  1. State v. AliSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1991
  2. State v. SmithSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1990
  3. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1994
  4. Sherrod v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1908
  5. Miles v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1944

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