State v. . Hammonds

The defendant was tried on a bill of indictment for the murder of Lacy Brumbles, convicted of murder in the first degree and judgment of death by asphyxiation was pronounced by the court below.

The evidence was to the effect that Lacy Brumbles was killed by defendant. Brumbles had a position with the State as a guard for a chain-gang in Robeson County. He had been sick with a cold and cough and had been at home on that account for several days. On Sunday morning, 5 February, 1939, about 8:30 o'clock, he left his home in a little '29 Ford roadster. He had an officer's badge and pistol in a…