State v. . Exum

On or about 2 April, 1937, Paul Garrison, sheriff of Wayne County, was informed at his office in the city of Goldsboro, N. 0., that James Williams, an elderly colored man, who lived alone at his home in Wayne County, some distance from the city of Goldsboro, had not been seen at his home or in the neighborhood for several days, and that apprehension was felt by his neighbors as to his whereabouts. In consequence of this information, the sheriff went at once to the home of James Williams. He found that the door of the house in which James Williams lived was locked, and that there was no one in…