State v. . Alston

The record discloses that on 23 December, 1937, the defendant struck the deceased over the head with a stick of wood, robbed her, and left her to die, which she did as a result of the blow inflicted by the defendant.

The deceased was a Negro woman 103 years of age. She lived in Durham with two of her grandchildren. The defendant had been living-in the house for about two weeks. He knew the deceased carried money on her person. After the grandchildren had gone to work, the defendant went to the room of the deceased, hit her over the head with a stick, and robbed her of $12.00 in currency which…