State v. . Boyd
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeau from Calvert, J., at November Term, 1917, of Pitt. The defendant was tried in the County Court of Pitt on a warrant charging him with keeping a- disorderly house, commonly called a bawdy house, by leasing the house where illicit sexual intercourse was habitually carried on to one Ethel Lee, a female prostitute, with knowledge of the immoral purpose for which the house was to be used. Upon conviction the defendant appealed to the Superior Court.
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Appeau from Calvert, J., at November Term, 1917, of Pitt. The defendant was tried in the County Court of Pitt on a warrant charging him with keeping a- disorderly house, commonly called a bawdy house, by leasing the house where illicit sexual intercourse was habitually carried on to one Ethel Lee, a female prostitute, with knowledge of the immoral purpose for which the house was to be used. Upon conviction the defendant appealed to the Superior Court. The appeal was tried at November Term, 1917, of Pitt, Calvert, J., and from a verdict and judgment of guilty the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBkowN, J.
A large part of the elaborate brief of the learned counsel for defendant is devoted to an attack upon the constitutionality of the act of the General Assembly creating the County Court of Pitt County. The argument is presented with much force and has received our careful consideration. We are of opinion that "the constitutionality of such courts has been settled by repeated decisions ,of this Court and cannot now be brought in question. We cite a few of them: S. v. Baskerville, 141 N. C., 811; S. v. Lytle, 138 N. C., 738; S. v. Collins, 151 N. C., 648; S. v. Tate, 169. N. C., 373; Oil Co. v.…
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