State v. . Black

The defendant was convicted in the police court of Asheville for keeping a disorderly house, and appealed to the Superior Court. Upon a trial de novo he was found guilty by a jury and sentenced to twenty-two months’ imprisonment. He presses but one ground of appeal in his brief, which is that, by the charter of Asheville (Private Laws 1901, ch. 100, sec. 77), keeping a disorderly house in that city is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars or imprisonment not exceeding thirty days.

If this- exception were well taken, the defendant would not be entitled to a new trial,…