State v. . Jones

The evidence on bebalf of tbe State tends to show that on the night of 26 October, 1931, the prisoner, a colored boy 18 or 19 years of age, went out on the Milburne Eoad to Circle Filling Station No. 2, about one-half mile from the city of Ealeigh, for the purpose of robbing said filling station. He was armed with a 32-caliber Smith and Wesson revolver. As he approached the station, he saw J. M. Jackson, the manager, and J. H. Poole, the night watchman, standing by an open fire in the yard. It was a cold night. After waiting a few minutes, while a number of cars were passing along the…