Kelley v. County of Brunswick

Thomas K. Kelley, Sr., was convicted in the circuit court of Brunswick county upon a county warrant charging him with the operation of a motor vehicle on the public highway while under the influence of intoxicants. The case reached the circuit court by appeal from a conviction in the county court of Brunswick county. In the circuit court the case was submitted upon a stipulation and agreed statement of facts. No denial of the truth of the charge was made, but accused relied solely upon the defense of former jeopardy. From a finding by the court that overruled that defense and adjudged accused…