State v. Frizzelle

There are twenty-four assignments of error. We discuss only two.(1) While Mr. Stevens, Chief of Police of Snow Hill, was testifying for the state on direct examination, the following transpired:

Witness: “. . . (T)he driver, which was a colored man, made the statement ■— that he saw the truck coming and he pulled clean off the road — now there might have been — I say clear off •— his front wheels were clear off the road and the rear end could have been just on, maybe a foot.

“COURT: “He said what, Chief?

“WITNESS: He made the statement that he saw the truck coming, I mean the car coming, and he…