State v. . Lampkin

At tbe January (20th) Extra Term, 1947, Mecklenburg Superior Court, called for tbe trial of criminal cases exclusively, and presided over by Burgwyn, Special J udge, the defendants herein, Eichard McCain and Jethro Lampkin, were tried upon indictment charging them with the murder of one Thomas F. McClure, which resulted in convictions of murder in the first degree and sentences of death as the law commands in such'cases. G. S., 14-17.

From the judgments thus entered, the defendants gave notice of appeal to the Supreme Court, and were granted the privilege of appealing in forma pauperis,…