State v. . Julian

The defendant entered in this Court motion in arrest of judgment, on the ground that the statute under which defendant was tried fails to set out a criminal offense. S. v. Lumber Co., 109 N. C., 860, 13 S. E., 719; Rule 21.

The material portion of the statute under which the criminal charge against the defendant was laid is as follows: “Sec. 11. Any person, firm or corporation not being duly licensed to engage in tile contracting in this State as provided for in this act, . . . shall be guilty of misdemeanor.”

It is apparent that the acts, the doing of which shall constitute a misdemeanor, are…