Opinion

State v. . Gragg

  • 122 N.C. 1082
  • 30 S.E. 306
  • 1898 N.C. LEXIS 404
Court
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Filed
May 26, 1898
Status
Published
Author
Montgomery
On the bench
Furches, Clark, Montgomery
Cited by
10 cases

where victims were killed by dynamite, defendant had possessed dynamite, the relationship between defendant and victims was strained and defendant had made threats against one of them, shoe print of the same size shoe as worn by defendant was found a few hundred yards from the place of the homicide

How later courts described this case

  • where victims were killed by dynamite, defendant had possessed dynamite, the relationship between defendant and victims was strained and defendant had made threats against one of them, shoe print of the same size shoe as worn by defendant was found a few hundred yards from the place of the homicide
  • defendant bore grudges against both victims, had threatened them, possessed dynamite of the kind used in the murder and was seen within half a mile of the victims’ home on the day of the killing

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Montgomery, J.:

I concur in the dissenting opinion.

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