State v. Doughtie

The defendant in his brief contends that the warrant issued by Ruffin, Desk Sergeant of the Tarboro Police Force, was unconstitutional and void by reason of G.S. 15-18, which specifies who may issue warrants. That though Oh. 275 of the Public-Local Laws of 1941, Section 4%, gives authority to the Desk Sergeant of the Police Department of Tarboro to issue warrants for offenses committed and to be tried in the Trial Justice’s Court provided for in Ch. 126, Private Laws 1935, the offense charged in the warrant is a general misdemeanor and the Trial Justice’s Court had no jurisdiction. That…