State v. . Wescott

At the May Criminal Term, 1941, New Hanover Superior Court, tbe defendant herein, Rowland 'Wescott, was tried upon indictment charging him with the murder of one Mildred Lee, which resulted in a conviction of murder in the first degree, and sentence of death as the law commands on such verdicts.

From the judgment thus entered, the defendant gave notice of appeal to the Supreme Court and was allowed to appeal in forma pauperis and was granted 60 days from 17 May, 1941, to make out and serve his statement of case on appeal, and the solicitor was given 45 days thereafter to prepare and serve…