GILLIAM, District Judge.
The petitioners are Negro boys who were 17 and 18 years of age, respectively, at the date of their trial in the Superior Court of Pitt County, North Carolina, which began on the 30th day of May, 1949. They were charged with first degree murder, and, following a jury verdict of "guilty", were sentenced to die.
Lloyd Ray was arrested without a warrant a day or two following the murder, by the Sheriff of Pitt County and certain other...
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