State v. . Whitener

There is evidence on behalf of the State tending to show that on the night of 9 June, 1925, Fred G. Claywell, in company with two fellow-policemen of the city of High Point, went to the home of the defendant, John Whitener, to break up a gambling game, which they had reason to believe was going on in his house.

Quite a battle ensued between the officers and the colored men who had gathered at the defendant’s home for a game of cards. Fred G. Claywell, one of the officers, was shot, which resulted in his death a few days thereafter; the defendant was shot twice, though not mortally wounded,…