State v. . Medlin
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT for the murder of William Brown, tried before McNeill, J.3 at Fall Term, 3899, of Gaston , Superior Court. The deceased was floor manager in a cotton factory at Gaston, N. O.; the prisoner and his little daughter were employees there. On the evening before the homicide the-prisoner and deceased had a, quarrel over' the number of days-the girl had been employed, and opprobrious epithets were interchanged.
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INDICTMENT for the murder of William Brown, tried before McNeill, J.3 at Fall Term, 3899, of Gaston , Superior Court. The deceased was floor manager in a cotton factory at Gaston, N. O.; the prisoner and his little daughter were employees there. On the evening before the homicide the-prisoner and deceased had a, quarrel over' the number of days-the girl had been employed, and opprobrious epithets were interchanged. The next day the prisoner armed himself with a pistol and went to the factory — they exchanged shots at sight, the prisoner shooting first and repeating the fire, and killing…
1Opinion of the CourtDouglas, J.
This is an appeal on a conviction of murder in the first degree. There is but one exception, which is to the refusal of the Court to give the following instruction: ,i£If the jury find from the evidence that the prisoner wilfully, deliberately and with premeditation, shot at the deceased with the intent to taire his life, and the deceased shot at the prisoner in the tower in self-defense, and the prisoner after having made the first assault, as above set forth, turned and fled from the deceased down the steps out of the tower, closing the •door after him to prevent the deceased from shooting…
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