State v. DeJournette

Dec 14, 1938
Reporters:
Before:
Stacy
Stacy, C. J.

Tbe transcript consists of tbe record proper, tbe charge of ‍‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‍tbe court, and a number of exceptions to tbe charge. This is agreed to as tbe case on appeal. S. v. Dee, ante, 509. ‍‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‍Nothing else appears on tbe record. S. v. Ross, 193 N. C., 25, 136 S. E., 193.

With no knowledge of bow tbe homicide occurred or ‍‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‍what tbe evidence was — and this is a matter we can know judicially only from tbe record’ — • we cannot ‍‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‍say tbe instructions complained of are prejudicial or hurtful, even if theoretically they appear to be slightly erroneous in some particulars.

No reversible ‍‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‍error having been shown, tbe verdict and judgment will be upheld.

No error.