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STATE v. BARNES

No. 441

117 S.E.2d 849 (1961)

253 N.C. 711

STATE v. C. S. BARNES, Jr.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 20, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. W. Bruton, Atty. Gen. and Harry W. McGalliard, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

I. Beverly Lake and Ellis Nassif, Raleigh, for defendant, appellant.

PARKER, Justice.

First Warrant—Assault Case.

Margaret Matthews, mother of the children Linda, Dorothy and Joanne Matthews named in the second warrant, testified as a witness for the State that on 18 May 1959 in the yard of her home the defendant, C. S. Barnes, Jr., pointed a gun at her.

The word gun is a generic term and includes pistol. According to Webster's New International Dictionary, 2d Ed., the word "gun" is defined, "6. A revolver...

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