In Re Parker

Tbe question presented upon this appeal is whether tbe sentence imposed upon tbe petitioner at tbe June, 1937, Term of Martin Superior Court has the legal effect of causing that sentence to run consecutively with a prior sentence of seven years imposed upon him at Lenoir Superior Court in 1935. It is conceded that if the Martin County sentence runs concurrently with the Lenoir sentence referred to, petitioner has “paid his debt to society” — at least as far as may be done by completing his penal servitude under all the sentences imposed — and is now entitled to his discharge.

In the absence of…