Lacy v. . State

This Court, under the name of “The Supreme Court of North Carolina,” consisting of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices, is established and provided for by the Constitution of the State; it owes its existence to the Constitution alone, and is in nowise dependent upon statute, for either its existence or its jurisdiction. Const. of N. C., Art. IV. In S. v. Smith, 65 N. C., 369, Pearson, C. J., speaking of this Court, as well as of the Court for the Trial of Impeachments, the Superior Courts, and the courts of the justices of the peace, says:

“These judicial tribunals are established by…