State v. Moore
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT against Dave Moore, beard by. Judge 'Frederick Moore and a jury, at August Term, 1904, of the Superior Court of Duplin County. ' The defendant was indicted in the Superior Court for an assault with metallic knuckles on Jacob Dobson, and pleaded former conviction and not guilty.
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INDICTMENT against Dave Moore, beard by. Judge 'Frederick Moore and a jury, at August Term, 1904, of the Superior Court of Duplin County. ' The defendant was indicted in the Superior Court for an assault with metallic knuckles on Jacob Dobson, and pleaded former conviction and not guilty. In support of the first plea the defendant introduced in evidence a proceeding before a justice of the peace, from which it appeared that on the same day on which the assault was committed he made affidavit before the justice charging himself with a simple assault on Dobson. The justice issued a warrant for…
1Opinion of the Court
Walker, J.,
after stating the facts. The Constitution, Art. IV, sec. 27, confers jurisdiction upon justices of the peace “under such regulations as the General Assembly shall prescribe, of all criminal matters arising within their counties, where the punishment cannot exceed a fine of fifty dollars or imprisonment for thirty days.” The General Assembly has from time to time prescribed the rules and regulations under which this jurisdiction shall be exercised. Among other provisions of the law, it is required that a complaint shall be made to the justice that a criminal offense has been…
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