State v. . Godwin

The defendant was tried on an indictment for murder. C. S., 4614. He was convicted of murder in the first degree and the following sentence pronounced: "And it is adjudged that the said warden then and there cause a sufficient quantity of lethal gas to be administered to you to cause your death; and may God have mercy on your soul."

The evidence was to the effect that the defendant lived with his parents in High Point. That while held in jail in Lexington with William M. Wilson — both on separate charges of robbery with firearms — he and "Bill" Wilson, with the aid of Lula Belle Kimel,…