Russell v. Hamlett

Plaintiffs’ evidence considered in the light roost favorable to them, and defendant’s testimony favorable to them (Smith v. Rawlins, 253 N.C. 67, 116 S.E. 2d 184; Bundy v. Powell, 229 N.C. 707, 51 S.E. 2d 307), tends to show the following facts:

After supper on 1 December 1961 Mrs. Beulah Russell, with Hugh Williams as a passenger, drove her husband’s Ford automobile from Roxboro to Semora. There she saw defendant Jonah Hamlett, Henry, his brother, and Melvin, his nephew. Defendant had a drink at Se-mora. Mrs. Beulah Russell carried defendant, his brother, his nephew, and Hugh Williams in the…