State v. . Anderson

G. S., 4384, under which the indictment was drawn, specifies two offenses :

1. That if any official named therein “shall wilfully omit, neglect or refuse to discharge any of the duties of his office ... he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.”

2. If it shall be proved that such officer “wilfully and corruptly omitted, neglected or refused to discharge any of the duties of his office, etc., . . . such officer shall be guilty of misbehavior in office, and shall be punished by removal therefrom, etc.”

The statute has been construed by this Court in several decisions. In indictments for neglect of duty…