State v. . Wood
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Motion to quash a warrant issued by a justice of the peace, heard on appeal by Clark, Judge, at the November Special Criminal Term, 1885, of the Superior Court of Wake county.
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Motion to quash a warrant issued by a justice of the peace, heard on appeal by Clark, Judge, at the November Special Criminal Term, 1885, of the Superior Court of Wake county. The charge against the defendant, as set out in the warrant, was, that on the 29th day of September, 1885, within the corporate limits of the city of Raleigh, she unlawfully and wilfully violated §3, ch. 5, of the ordinance of the city of Raleigh, by saying to the prosecutrix in loud and boisterous language, “You are a nasty stinking sear-faced bitch.” When the case was called for trial before the justice, the…
1Opinion of the CourtAsiie, J.
(after stating the facts). The case of State v. Threadgill, 76 N. C., 17, and State v. White, 76 N. C., 15, were decided by the Court under the Act of 1871, ch. 195, which is the same as the provision in Battle’s Revisal, ch. Ill, §§30 and 31.
By the Act of 1871, §1, the chief officers of all cities and towns, were endowed with the same jurisdiction and powers as had therefore been given to justices of the Peace, in criminal matters, except that such officer shall not take jurisdiction of any offence committed beyond the limits of the city or town, of which he was such chief officer.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. . WhiteSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1877
- State v. . ThreadgillSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1877
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