State v. . Rhodes
Supreme Court of North Carolina
IndictMent for burning a barn, tried at April Term, 1892, of Franklin Superior Court, before Bryan, J. The following is the testimony set out in the case: T. J. King testified that-the burning of the barn occurred on the first Saturday night in November, 1891; that defendant is married and wanted him to force his wife to live with him, and the witness persuaded her to do so; she lived on the land of Mrs. M. I-I. King, whose barn was alleged to have been burned.
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IndictMent for burning a barn, tried at April Term, 1892, of Franklin Superior Court, before Bryan, J. The following is the testimony set out in the case: T. J. King testified that-the burning of the barn occurred on the first Saturday night in November, 1891; that defendant is married and wanted him to force his wife to live with him, and the witness persuaded her to do so; she lived on the land of Mrs. M. I-I. King, whose barn was alleged to have been burned. Andrew Young stated that he knew the defendant, and that defendant and his wife separated about a month before the fire; that…
1Opinion of the Court
MacRae, J.,
after stating the case as above, proceeded : In the first exception we can see no force. Where the State relies upon facts and circumstances tending to prove the guilt of the defendant, such evidence, though slight in each separate instance, is competent if it, with other facts offered in evidence, bears upon the charge in the bill of indictment. State v. Thompson, 97 N. C., 496.
As to the second exception, upon a careful examination of the testimony we find abundant evidence of threats made by defendant against T. J. King, and once against Mrs. King. These threats seem to have been…
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