State v. . Massey

At the May Term, 1930, Durham Superior Court, the defendant herein, Willie Massey, was tried upon indictments charging him (1) with the murder of one Floyd Moore, and (2) with the murder of one Dora Moore, which resulted in convictions of murder in the first degree in the first case, and murder in the second degree in the second case, and a sentence of death pronounced on the capital conviction. From the verdict rendered in the first case and judgment entered thereon, the defendant gave notice of appeal to the Supreme Court, but this has not been prosecuted as required by the rules, albeit he…