State v. . Norman
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Indictment for Misdemeanor, tried at Fall Term, 1879, of Sukby Superior Court, before Gilmer, J. The defendant, being clerk of the superior court of Surry county, was indicted for neglecting to open his office from the hour of nine o’clock a. m., until four o’clock p. m., on Monday, the 31st day of March, 1879. There was a verdict of guilty, judgment that defendant be fined fifty dollars, and he was further adjudged to have forfeited his said office, and was accordingly…
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Indictment for Misdemeanor, tried at Fall Term, 1879, of Sukby Superior Court, before Gilmer, J. The defendant, being clerk of the superior court of Surry county, was indicted for neglecting to open his office from the hour of nine o’clock a. m., until four o’clock p. m., on Monday, the 31st day of March, 1879. There was a verdict of guilty, judgment that defendant be fined fifty dollars, and he was further adjudged to have forfeited his said office, and was accordingly amoved. From which judgment the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtAshe, J.
The defendant was indicted under sections 15 and 16, chapter 90, and section 107, chapter 32, of Battle’s Revisal. The first two sections read: “15. The clerks of the superior courts of this state shall open their offices every Monday from nine a. m., to four p. m., for the transaction of probate business, and each succeeding day till such matter is disposed of. 16. Any clerk of the superior court failing to comply with the last section (unless such failure is caused by sickness) shall forfeit his office.” And section 107, chapter 32, provides: “If any clerk of the superior court, or any…
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