State v. . Shine

The defendant challenged the validity of his conviction and sentence in the Superior Court upon the ground that he was tried upon the original warrant and without a bill of indictment having been found by the grand jury.

Since the offense with which he was charged was a misdemeanor, and, under the statute applicable to Duplin County, within the final jurisdiction of the general county court, his appeal from conviction in that court gave to the Superior Court derivative jurisdiction to try him upon the same warrant without the necessity of a bill of indictment having been found by the grand…