State v. . Perry (Guion)
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Proceeding in bastardy heard before Robinson, J., at September Term, 1897, of Wake Superior Court. The facts appear in the opinion. The warrant was quashed and the State appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Douglas, J.:
This is a proceeding in bastardy begun before a Justice of the Peace. The Justice quashed the warrant “for that the misdemeanor therein charged was committed more than two years prior to the taking out of the warrant.” The State appealed, and in the Superior Court the proceedings were quashed ‘ ‘because it appears on the face of the warrant that the bastard child at the date of issuing the warrant was more than two years old and under three years of age. ” The State appealed to this Court. This brings before us the single question of the Statute of Limitations, which is in no way…
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