State v. Lilliston.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT for murder against Robert IT. Lilliston, beard by Judge George W. Ward and a jury, at the January Term, 1906, of the Superior Court of Wake. From a verdict of murder in tbe second degree and judgment thereon, the prisoner appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, C. J.
It was in evidence that the prisoner Lilliston and one Clark were two “fakirs” who had been attending the Raleigh Fair, and on Thursday and Friday nights, they with others were at a house of ill-fame, engaged in gambling and drinking, and that a difficulty sprung' up there on Friday night between these men over charges of cheating. On Saturday, 21 October, they went to the railroad station in Raleigh to take the train to leave the city, and there in the crowded reception room they engaged in shooting at each other — the next room, separated only by a glass partition, being occupied by ladies…
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