State v. . McIver

The defendant is charged with manslaughter on account of a collision on Phifer Street in Asheville between an auto-delivery wagon operated by defendant and a bicycle ridden by deceased. The defendant is a negro boy employed by M. V. Moore Co., of Asheville, and was in the performance of his duties with his employer at the time of the accident. The deceased Percy Morris, was a white boy eleven years old. The collision occurred on 20 June, 1917.

Ashland Avenue runs south from Patton Avenue for a short distance. It is paved north of Phifer, but south of Phifer is not paved "and sort of runsout…