State v. White

The sole question presented by the appellant in his brief is whether or not the Superior Court of Craven County had jurisdiction to try this case.

Craven County is one of our counties in which exclusive original jurisdiction of general misdemeanors is vested in its inferior courts. S. v. Sloan, 238 N.C. 547, 78 S.E. 2d 312; S. v. Morgan, post, 596; G.S. 7-64. Consequently, any jurisdiction the Superior Court of Craven County obtains in such cases is derivative. S. v. Patterson, 222 N.C. 179, 22 S.E. 2d 267; S. v. Thomas, 236 N.C. 454, 73 S.E. 2d 283.

The case on appeal does not show…