State v. Mangum

The defendant assigns as error the failure of the court to grant his motion for judgment of nonsuit, renewed at the close of all the evidence.

The evidence viewed in the light most favorable to the State presents this story:

On the night of the homicide, which the bill of indictment charges occurred on 10 September 1955, a crowd of people, about 50 or 60, were assembled in and around two places in Durham County — one known as the Chicken Shack and the other as Big John’s. These places are about 200 feet apart. Some were drinking, some dancing, and some otherwise amusing themselves. The…