State v. Evans

On 26 July, 1924, about 8:00 or 8:30 p. m., A. L. Joyner, a jitney driver in the town of Hollister, Halifax County, was employed to make a trip down into Nasb County where the defendant lives. He had in his car Tom Lee, Ernest Lee, and the defendant, Cheatam Evans. Soon after arriving at the defendant’s home, the driver of the car, A. L. Joyner, was shot twice and almost instantly killed. The State contended that the deceased was shot and killed by the defendant. The defense, on the other hand, contended that Ernest Lee did the shooting, while the defendant was in his house and away from the…