State v. . Carden

The defendant was indicted for the murder of his wife, Vera Carden, on 4 May, 1934. The jury rendered a verdict of murder in the first degree, and judgment was rendered in the court below of death by electrocution.

The deceased, Vera Carden, died as the result of a pistol shot wound on 7 May, 1934. The evidence shows that she was shot by her husband, the defendant, on 4 May, 1934.

Upon the calling of the above case for trial, the solicitor announced in open court that with his permission Judge Jas. R. Patton, Jr., of Durham, and Major L. P. McLendon, of Greensboro, would assist in the…