State v. Scriven

The defendant was tried under an indictment charging him with first-degree murder; and from a verdict of guilty as charged, without recommendation of mercy, and sentence of death thereupon, he appealed to this Court.

The record discloses that the defendant was tried at the term of Superior Court held in Wilson County beginning 5 December, 1949; and that verdict of guilty and judgment thereon was rendered 9 December, 1949.

Under Rule Five of the Practice of the Supreme Court, transcript of the record on appeal is required to be filed 14 days before the call of this, the Second District.

The…