State v. . Corriher

The defendant was indicted for the murder of William Sumter Carpenter, and was convicted of murder in the second degree. He excepted to the judgment and appealed upon assignments of error.

The first assignment includes exceptions to questions asked the defendant in reference to his previous commitment to the State Hospital in Raleigh. He admitted that he had been committed to “Dix Hill,” but denied that he knew anything concerning a paper purporting to be the commitment. The fact that in framing the question the prosecuting officer read the paper affords no ground for a new trial; the contents…