STATE v. PETTIFORD

No. 721.

79 S.E.2d 517 (1954)

239 N.C. 301

STATE v. PETTIFORD.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 15, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Harry McMullan and Asst. Atty. Gen. T. W. Bruton for the State.

D. Emerson Scarborough, Yanceyville, for defendant, appellant.


JOHNSON, Justice.

The defendant places chief stress on his exceptions (1) to the refusal of the court to submit to the jury the issue of self-defense, and (2) to the failure of the court to charge as to one's right to remove a trespasser from his home.

There is no evidence in the record upon which to base a reasonable inference that the defendant in firing the blast was acting within the permissive bounds of the principles of law governing the rights of a...

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