State v. Williams

The original counsel in this case, Mr. Charles L. Abernethy, Jr., having testified in the hearing below, filed a motion in this Court requesting permission to withdraw as counsel for the defendant. We allowed the motion.

The defendant contends that he is entitled to have this criminal charge nol prossed and abated under the provisions of Chapter 140, Public-Local Laws of 1935, which are applicable to the criminal terms of the Superior Court of Craven County. The pertinent part of the Act upon which the defendant relies, is as follows: “Sec. 4. That when any defendant is held to bail in said…