State v. . Griffin

At tbe June Term, 1931, Orange Superior Court, tbe defendant herein, Bennie Griffin, was tried upon an indictment charging him with the murder of Mclver Trice, which resulted in a conviction and sentence of death. He was allowed to appeal in forma pauperis.

It appears from the record that on 15 May, 1931, the prisoner and two others, Henry Rainey and Gyp Riley, borrowed an automobile from Tim Wilcox in Durham and drove out to the home of Mclver Trice in Orange County to get some liquor. Instead of paying for the liquor, which belonged to Major Trice, the defendant told the deceased to “get to…