State v. . Hill

Clark, C. J".

The defendant was tried in the Municipal Court of High Point for violation of ch. 816, Laws 1907; Pell’s Rev., 3434a, and found guilty. On appeal to the Superior Court he was again found guilty and appealed.,

The warrant charged that the defendant “did willfully, maliciously, and unlawfully obtain and procure board and lodging at the Elwood Hotel and did abscond, surreptitiously removing his baggage therefrom, without paying for said board and lodging, having obtained same with intent to defraud the proprietor of said hotel.” The evidence is that he registered at said hotel, and…