Tate v. . Clegg

Since the warrant charged the commission of a felony under the statute (C. S., 4214), the defendant could not be put to answer but by indictment. Constitution, Art. I, see. 12; S. v. Hyman, 164 N. C., 411, 79 S. E., 284; S. v. Rawls, 203 N. C., 436, 166 S. E., 332. A similar question to the one raised by this appeal was recently considered by this Court in S. v. Sanderson, 213 N. C., 381, 196 S. E., 324. In that case the warrant issued by the county court, charging the defendant with “operating a whiskey still,” was there amended to read “this being a second offense for manufacturing…