State v. . Isaac

SCHENCK and SEAWELL, JJ., concur in dissenting opinion. Criminal prosecution tried upon indictment charging the defendant with the murder of one Mrs. Floyd Sigmon.

Mrs. Floyd Sigmon and her husband, Russell Sigmon, lived about ten miles from the town of Conover, where they both worked in a furniture factory. The defendant, John Isaac, lived about a quarter of a mile from the home of the Sigmons. J. E. Sigmon, an uncle of Russell Sigmon, lived about halfway between the homes of Russell Sigmon and the defendant.

On the morning of 16 August, 1944, between 7:30 and 9:00 o'clock, the defendant and…