State v. . Johnson

BarNíiill, J.

The defendant in due time appeared and filed a motion in this Court to dismiss this action for that the court below was without jurisdiction to try the defendant and to impose sentence upon the verdict rendered.

In the court below the defendant was put to trial on the warrants issued by the mayor of North Wilkesboro. No bill of indictment was found and returned against him. This was permissible only in the event the mayor of North Wilkesboro had final jurisdiction under the warrants issued by him.

The charter of the town of North Wilkesboro was revised and amended by chapter 144,…