State v. Royster

The following agreed statement of fact, with slight variations as to phraseology, is contained in the record for appeal: At the September, 1935, term of the Court of General Sessions for Union County, the grand jury returned a true bill charging the defendant Royster with the murder of one W. B. Franklin, on or about June 19, 1935. The alleged killing occurred at Monarch Mills, in the suburbs of the city of Union, during a fight between certain of the mill employees who were out on a strike and other employees who had not struck. A large crowd of union people had gathered at the mill gate,…