State v. . Dalton
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INdictment for murder of Maude Williams, née Grant, tried before Ray, J., and a jury, at August Term, 1919, of Macon. . Tbe prisoner was convicted of murder in the first degree. Judgment on the verdict, and prisoner appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHoke, J.
It was proved on the trial that on the afternoon of 10 November, 1918, in said county, the prisoner shot and killed the deceased, Maude Grant, and also killed Merrill Angel, who was with her at the time.
The facts in evidence on the part of the State tended to show that the prisoner, who had been drinking heavily for several weeks, and was angered because the deceased, spoken of in some of the testimony as “his girl,” was with Merrill Angel; saw the two pass in the latter’s automobile, and, as they returned shortly after, the prisoner signalled to the car, and when it came to a stop he…
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