Supreme Court of North Carolina December 14, 1938 (State v. . Dejournette)

Criminal prosecution, tried upon indictment charging Bat DeJournette, his wife, Kate DeJournette, and Elmer Williams with the murder of one Garland Mangum. Upon the call of the case for trial, Elmer Williams tendered a plea of "guilty of accessory before the fact to murder in the first degree," which plea was accepted by the State.