State v. . Williams

At the March Term, 1939, Cumberland Superior Court, the defendant herein, Eobert Williams, alias Eobert McNair, was tried upon indictment charging him with rape, which resulted in a conviction of the capital offense and sentence of death as the law commands on such verdict.

From the judgment thus entered, the defendant was allowed to appeal in forma pauperis. However, the record contains no entry of appeal, Mfg. Co. v. Simmons, 97 N. C., 89, 1 S. E., 923, and the clerk certifies that no case on appeal has been filed in his office and that the time for filing same has expired. He further states…