STATE v. TYSON

No. 75.

89 S.E.2d 138 (1955)

242 N.C. 574

STATE v. Willey James TYSON.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

September 21, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albion Dunn, Greenville, for defendant appellant.

Atty. Gen. Wm. B. Rodman, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. Robert E. Giles, and William P. Mayo, Washington, of Staff, for the State.


BARNHILL, Chief Justice.

There was evidence that a bullet hole was found in the door, and a bullet was found lying on the sill below the hole. Exception thereto is without merit. The testimony tends to show that the defendant was shooting in that direction, and this evidence was merely corroborative of that testimony.

One of the witnesses for defendant, in describing the assault made by deceased upon the defendant, testified: "He hit him across the head and...

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