State v. . Parrott

Stacy, 0. J.

At tbe September Mixed Term, 1947, Lenoir Superior Court, presided over by Hamilton, Special Judge, tbe petitioner, Lemuel Parrott, was tried upon indictment charging him and another with tbe murder of one Kenneth Taylor, which resulted in conviction of the petitioner of murder in the first degree and sentence of death as the law commands in such case. G. S., 14-17.

From the judgment thus entered, the petitioner gave notice of appeal to the Supreme Court, and was granted the privilege of appealing in forma pauperis, without giving security for costs, albeit the record shows no…