State v. . Allen

Stacy, C. J".

There is evidence on behalf of the State tending to show that M. E. Rollins, a white man and agent of the Home Security Insurance Company, was shot in the chest with a 25-calibre bullet and killed on the night of 18 March, 1929, while standing near his automobile on Division Street in the city of Durham. Only one shot was heard. Two or three minutes prior to the shooting, which occurred about 8 o’clock, the defendant and the deceased were seen standing in the street near the automobile, talking in a friendly manner about insurance, with no one else around. Immediately after the…