State v. Lynch

There was plenary evidence a “colored boy” entered the Towne House Bakery, Biltmore Avenue, Asheville, apparently as a customer, on June 23, 1965, about 1:50 a.m.; that, after looking around briefly, he pulled “a neckerchief” over his mouth, pointed a “nickel-plate pistol” at Rita Bryant, age 19, who was employed as a cashier, and demanded “the money out of the cash register”; that Miss Bryant “handed him the cash drawer”; and that “he took the bills,” “took around $45.00,” and ran. Miss Bryant testified to the above facts but testified she did not know and could not identify the “colored…