State v. . Hough

The defendant challenges the correctness of the court’s ruling below, denying his motion for judgment as of nonsuit made at the close of the State’s evidence and renewed at the close of all the evidence.

We said in S. v. Carroll, 226 N. C. 237, 37 S. E. (2) 688: “We realize the necessity for strict enforcement of the statutes enacted for the protection and safety of the public in the use of our highways, but, before the State is entitled to a conviction under G.S. 20-138, ... it must be shown beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was driving a motor vehicle on a public highway of this…