State v. . Bryson

The evidence on behalf of the defendant, so far as material to a proper understanding of the exceptions, tends to show that the homicide occurred at the home of the defendant, Balsam, N. C., in the night-time, about 12 :30 o’clock on the morning of 16 December, 1929; that the deceased had previously come to the defendant’s home on four different occasions that same night, each time threatening to kill the defendant and his wife, and each time being persuaded to leave; that on his fifth and last visit he paid no attention to the entreaties of the defendant and his wife, kicked open the front…