State v. Brown

The State’s evidence shows these facts: Sometime after 1:00 a.m. on 16 March 1964, Lucille Currie alone came to the home of Robert H. Seawell, which is situate about six and one-half miles east of the town of Asheboro on what is called the Wagon Wheel Road. She awakened Seawell and his family. According to Seawell’s testimony, her body and face were burned, and she had no clothes on “from here up (indicating).” She was given a sheet and wrapped herself up. Seawell called an ambulance, which arrived in about twelve minutes, and she was carried to Randolph Hospital in Asheboro.

The State and…