State v. . Hammond

It is recognized in this State that where a bill of indictment contains two or more valid counts for offenses of same grade and permitting like punishment, a general verdict of guilty will be construed as a conviction on each and every count contained in the bill, and an exception will not be allowed for reversible error unless it extends to and vitiates the entire verdict. S. v. Switzer, 187 N. C., p. 88; S. v. Strange, 183 N. C., p. 775; S. v. Toole, 106 N. C., p. 736.

Again, it is held that the power of a State to enact statutes in regulation of the manufacture, sale and disposition of…