Supreme Court of North Carolina September 17, 1941 (State v. . Thomas)

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DeviN, J.

Tbe evidence for the State tended to show that the defendant shot and hilled the deceased without provocation. Defendant’s evidence tended to show some elements of self-defense, or, at least, mitigation. He testified that the deceased began the shooting, and that he thereupon fired three shots with fatal result.