State v. . Bailey

They were tried at a Special Term of Johnston, 9 June, 1919, upon an indictment charging conspiracy to murder, and also the murder of, J. A. Wall, deputy sheriff of Johnston County. They were all convicted of murder in the second degree, and each was sentenced to 20 years in the State's Prison and appealed. The evidence for the State tended to show that the prisoners and three other men were operating an illicit distillery in Johnston County; that they had gone to the distillery fully armed, with the expressed determination to kill any officer who might interfere with them. The deceased, J.…