State v. . Harris

Ervin, .1.

The defendant moved in arrest of judgment in this Court on the ground that the warrant fails to charge the commission of a crime. Rules of Practice in the Supreme Court, Rule 21, 221 N. C. 558; S. v. Jones, 218 N. C. 734, 12 S. E. (2) 292; S. v. Ballangee, 191 N. C. 700, 132 S. E. 795; S. v. Marsh, 132 N. C. 1000, 43 S. E. 828, 67 L. R. A. 179.

It is evident that the draftsman of the criminal pleading under review undertook to charge that the accused is a vagrant within the purview of G.S. 14-336. Lie did not, however, accomplish his purpose because the averments of the complaint do…