State v. . Gibson

The defendants were tried upon five bills of indictment, for offenses growing out of the same or interrelated transactions and consolidated for the purpose of trial: Two for assault with a deadly weapon, one for kidnapping, one for attempted burglary, and one for forcible trespass. They were convicted on the charges of attempted burglary and forcible trespass, and acquitted on the others.

The evidence for the State tends to show as follows:

Mrs. Marshall owned a country place in Caswell County, consisting of extensive grounds, containing the home, a near-by house occupied by the caretaker, Jake…