State v. . Branch

The evidence on behalf of the State tends to show that Clyde Cannady was shot and instantly killed, while in an automobile on the public road leading from Eranklinton to Oxford on Christmas Eve night, 1924.

The body of Clyde Cannady was found in his automobile on Christmas morning, 1924, between eight and nine o’clock. There were two bullet wounds upon his head — one near the eye and the other on his cheek. These wounds caused his death. In the opinion of Dr. J. A. Morris, the county health officer, who examined the body soon after it was discovered, deceased had been dead for more than six…