In re Bond Forfeitures of Dunlap

PHILLIPS, Judge.

Which county is entitled to the forfeited bail bonds? Brunswick County, where the crimes were committed and the defendants were indicted, or New Hanover County, where the trial was to occur and the defendants failed to appear? That is the sole question for our determination; one that has not been answered by either of our appellate courts since such laws as now relate to the situation involved were adopted or enacted.

In seeking guidance from the law we start and almost end with a provision of the North Carolina Constitution that, in somewhat the same form, was first adopted in…