State v. Rhodes

• Court: North Carolina Supreme Court
• Writing for the Court: PER CURIAM.
• Citation: State v. Rhodes, 181 N.C. 481, 106 S.E. 456 (N.C. 1921)
• Decision Date: 16 March 1921
• Docket Number: 209.
• Parties: STATE v. RHODES.

106 S.E. 456

181 N.C. 481

STATE v. RHODES.

No. 209.

Supreme Court of North Carolina

March 16, 1921

Appeal from Superior Court, Lenoir County; Connor, Judge.

Blanch Rhodes was convicted of larceny from the person, and he appeals. No error.

Where the prosecuting witness had testified that defendant and another assaulted him and took from his person a sum of money, testimony by three witnesses that on the following morning the prosecuting witness told them of the occurrence stating that defendant and the other had robbed him, was competent for the purpose of corroboration; the defense being alibi.

T. C Wooten, of Kinston, for appellant.

Attorney General Manning and Assistant Attorney General Nash, for the State.

PER CURIAM.

Upon trial in the superior court, the prosecuting witness, Jerry Pettaway, testified that Fred Stiles and the defendant Blanch Rhodes, assaulted him on the night of October 14 1920, knocked him down, and took from his person the sum of $22 in money. In corroboration of this evidence, the state offered three witnesses, who testified that on the following morning the prosecuting witness told them of the occurrence,...