State v. Lawrence

Pee CuRIAm.

Petitioner was tried and convicted in the Recorder’s Court of Edgecombe County on certain charges of traffic law violations, misdemeanors, and in consequence judgment was entered imposing a one-year prison sentence. On 18 August 1961 he was committed to the State Prison Unit in Nash County. He escaped on 28 August 1961 and was returned to custody on 24 October 1963; he was then transferred to the Wayne County Prison Unit.

Petitioner was tried in Nash County Recorder’s Court on 16 December 1963 for said escape and was given a six-months sentence. He escaped from the Wayne County…