Case Name: STATE v. WILLIAM LONG
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1936-01-22
Citations: 209 N.C. 300
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE v. WILLIAM LONG.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 209
Pages: 300–300

Head Matter:
STATE v. WILLIAM LONG.
(Filed 22 January, 1936.)
Criminal Law L a—
TLe defendant Laving failed to take any step to perfect Lis appeal, tLe appeal is dismissed on autLority of 8. v. McLeod, ante, 54.
Motion by State to docket and dismiss appeal.
Attorney-General Seawell and Assistant Attorney-General Bruton for the State.

Opinion:
Stacy, C. J.
At the May Term, 1935, Alamance Superior Court, the defendant herein, William Long, alias Buster Long, was tried upon indictment charging him with the murder of one Sam Minor on 11 January, 1935. The jury for their verdict say the defendant is "guilty of murder in the first degree." Whereupon, it was adjudged that the defendant suffer death by electrocution.
From the judgment thus entered, the defendant gave notice of appeal to the Supreme Court and was allowed to prosecute same in forma pauperis. The clerk certifies that nothing has been done towards perfecting the appeal; that the time for serving statement of case has expired; and that no extension of time for filing same has been recorded in his office. S. v. Pressley, post, 300.
The motion of the Attorney-General to docket and dismiss the appeal will be allowed on authority of S. v. McLeod, ante, 54, and cases there cited.
Appeal dismissed.