State v. Adams
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INdictmeNt against Will Adams, heard by Judge George II. Brown and a jury, at March Term, 1904, of the Superior Court of Wake County. From a verdict of guilty and judgment thereon the prisoner appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomeey, J.
The prisoner was convicted of murder in the first degree. There was no fault found in the course of the trial with any of the State’s evidence, and the prisoner introduced none. The exceptions of the prisoner relate to and are connected with the refusal of the Judge to hold, or to instruct the jury in one form or another, that there was no evidence tending to connect the prisoner with the homicide. The enormity of the crime and its ghastly features, together with the fact that the evidence against the prisoner is entirely circumstantial, have caused us to examine with great care the whole…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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