State v. . Merritt

Supreme Court of North Carolina
State v. . Merritt, 61 N.C. 134 (N.C. 1867)
Reads

State v. . Merritt

Opinion of the Court

Reads, J.

There was no specific instruction prayed for,, and no specific exception taken below or in this court. We-are therefore left to collect from the whole of the Judge’s charge and from the record, whether there was any error.

Only two questions seem to be involved:

1. Whether an indiscriminate assault upon several is an assault upon each individual ? Very clearly it is.

2. Whether when a gun is fired by one defendant, andl the other is present aiding and abetting, the shooting may be charged to have been done by both ? The act of one is-the act of both, and it may be so charged.

Let it be certified that there is no error.

Per Curiam. There is no error

Reference

Full Case Name
The State v. Murdoch Merritt and Marion Merritt
Cited By
4 cases
Status
Published