State v. . Nichols

Tbe purpose of tbis appeal is to test tbe constitutionality of ebap. 30, Public Laws 1937, being “An Act to Regulate tbe Business of Cleaning, Dyeing and/or Pressing.”

Tbe effort must fail on tbe instant record. S. v. Lueders, 214 N. C., 558.

In tbe first place, tbe defendant is charged witb a misdemeanor (if, indeed, be be charged witb any offense), and be was found not guilty in tbe municipal court on “a special verdict” without tbe intervention of a jury, wbicb amounted to an acquittal. S. v. Gamby, 209 N. C., 50, 182 S. E., 715. Tbis put an end to tbe matter, as tbe court bad jurisdiction…