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of tfte Onit)er$itp of jBortf) Carolina Collection ot iBottJD Caroliniana C34-0 00033944616 This book must not be taken from the Library building. BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA VOLUME 21 1930-1932 DENNIS G. BRUMMITT ATTORNEY GENERAL FRANK NASH * A. A. F. SEAWELL WALTER D. SILER ASSISTANT ATTORNEYS GENERAL Succeeded by A. A. F. Seawell, July 1, 1931. Presses of Edwards & Bboughton Company State Peintees Raleigh, N. C. LIST OF ATTORNEYS GENERAL SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION IN 1776 Term of Office Avery, Waightstill 1777-1779 Iredell, James 1779-1782 Moore, Alfred -. 1782-1790 Haywood, J. John 1791-1794 Baker, Blake 1794-1803 Seawell, Henry 1803-1808 Fitts, Oliver 1808-1810 Miller, William 1810-1810 Burton, Hutchins G 1810-1816 Drew, William 1816-1825 Taylor, James F 1825-1828 Jones, Robert H. .^ 1828-1828 Saunders, Romulus M ° 1828-1834 Daniel, John R. J 1834-1840 McQueen, Hugh 1840-1842 Whitaker, Spier 1842-1846 Stanly, Edward 1846-1848 Moore, Bartholomew F 1848-1851 Eaton, William 1851-1852 Ransom, Matt W 1852-1855 Batchelor, Joseph B 1855-1856 Bailey, William H 1856-1856 Jenkins, William A 1856-1862 Rogers, Sion H 1862-1868 Coleman, William M 1868-1869 Olds, Lewis P 1869-1870 Shipp, William M 1870-1872 Hargrove, Tazewell L 1872-1876 Kenan, Thomas S 1876-1884 Davidson, Theodore F 1884-1892 Osborne, Frank 1 1892-1896 Walser, Zeb V 1896-1900 Douglas, Robert D 1900-1901 Gilmer, Robert D 1901-1908 Bickett, T. W 1909-1916 Manning, James S 1917-1925 Brummitt, Dennis G 1925- Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from Ensuring Democracy through Digital Access (NC-LSTA) http://www.archive.org/details/biennialrep1930attrny1932 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL State of North Caeolina, Department of the Attorney General RALEaGH, 15 December, 1932. To His Excellency, O. Max Gardner, Governor, Raleigh. Dear Sir:—I herewith transmit the Biemiial Report of this department for the years 1930-32. The report contains certain tables of criminal statistics. These, as they relate to courts inferior to the Superior Court, are inadequate and incom-plete, because of the abbreviated scope of the statute under which they are collected. That statute, C. S. 1588, is as follows: The recorder or clerk of any court authorized to be adopted by this subchapter shall make reports to the attorney general of all criminal actions disposed of by such court in the same manner and to the same extent as is now required by law of the clerks of the superior courts of this state. It will be noted that these reports of criminal statistics of inferior courts are not required to be made except from the courts established under subchapter IV of the chapter on courts. This excludes from the requirement a large number of Recorder and Municipal Courts, created under special acts prior to 1919. All of these inferior courts having juris-diction greater than that of courts of Justices of the Peace should be required to make such reports, if these statistics are to be of any con-siderable value. Opinions of the Office Only a very small percentage of the opinions and letters of this department are included in the report. Constantly, we give many advisory opinions to local officers. Considerable confusion exists in the public mind as to the extent to which opinions of this office are official rulings. That they are such when given to a department, officer or agency of the State Government, in rela-tion to the official duties of the inquirer, is well established. That is also true, by force of statute, with respect to some other opinions, such as those to all election officials. But that is not generally true of letters written by the department to local officers in relation to their duties. Inquiries of this kind have been for so long constantly answered by the department, and there has been such an increase of that practice within recent years, it is now generally thought that such letters are not merely advisory, as is the case, but of full official nature. This popular opinion is particularly prevalent with respect to such letters of the department to local officials, with regard to taxation matters. 6 biennial report of the attorney general [vol. The School Code Again, I recommend, as I did in 1930, tliat the school laws be rewritten in their entirety. The need for this is greater now than then. In 1923, the General Assem-bly passed a School Code, prepared and developed upon a particular theory. We have now adopted a state school system. Many statutes have been superimposed upon, or added to, that School Code. These later statutes do not articulate with the School Code of 1923, so as to build a structure with parts fitly joined together. Construction of these acts is most diffi-cult, and, in many instances, cannot be attained upon any well-conceived reasoning. We should have an entirely new School Code. These laws should be rewritten, upon the theory of the state school system at present in operation, with such changes as may be made by the General As-sembly of 1933. Taxation Laws I assume that the Revenue and Machinery Acts, as is the practice, will be rewritten at the approaching session of the General Assembly. But, the same should be done with respect to taxation laws of a more perma-nent nature. The statutes, with respect to sale of land for delinquent taxes, and the foreclosure of tax certificates, should be simplified. The, Election Laws Again, I recommend, as I did in 1930, that our Election Laws be re-written. We should have a real Australian or secret ballot act. And I think that the absentee voter's law should be repealed. Departmental Appropriation s We have submitted an estimate of the needs of the department for the next biennium. For the fiscal year 1931-32, this department was given an appropriation of $16,250.00, or $920.00 in excess of the then salaries. Anyone can readily see that such an appropriation is entirely inadequate. As a consequence, we have had to ask, from time to time, for allotments out of the Contingency and Emergency Fund, and, also, to rely upon other state agencies for traveling expenses, and other items, when undertaking particular tasks for them. Under the present law, the salary of the Assistant Attorney General, attached to the Revenue Department, is paid out of the appropriation for that department. This should be changed, and the appropriation made directly to the Attorney General's office. The same is true with respect to all other needs of the department. No other state agency should be expected to pay for mimeographing, printing or traveling expenses of this office. A sufficient appropriation should be made to the Attorney Gen-eral's Department to cover these items. The Corrupt Practices Act of 1931, and the Anti Trust Act place cer-tain duties upon this department, with respect to investigations. No appropriation has heretofore been made for the expense of such work. As a consequence, when the necessity for such investigations has arisen, the 21] BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 7 Attoi-ney General has been forced to ask for an allotment out of the Con-tingency and Emergency Fund for that purpose. We are now asking for an appropriation of $5,000.00 for each year of the next biennium, for the expenses of such investigations. In using such an appropriation, the policy of strict economy, pursued by the department with respect to all of its expenditures, will be followed. The Attorney General's Department All legal work of the State should be under, and controlled by, the Attorney General. I believe that to be the clear meaning and intent of the Constitution. The name of the office, ex vi termini, imports such meaning. That construction is confirmed by the express language of the Constitution, Article III, section 14: "The Attorney General shall be, ex officio, the legal adviser of the Executive Department." In saying this, I am not seeking, or asking for the department, any power or authority other than that which normally, naturally belongs here. Nor would I seek to have this department encroach upon the powers of any other officer. But, I am convinced that the powers and duties con-ferred upon this department by the Constitution, are incapable of liquida-tion by any statutory action, v/hich would attempt to confer them upon any other officer. I, therefore, earnestly recommend that necessary laws be passed placing all legal work for all executive departments under the control and super-vision of the Attorney General. Respectfully, Dennis G. Brummitt, Attorney General. EXHIBIT I Civil Actions Disposed of or Pending in the Coukts of Nokth Carolina and the Federal Courts Pending in Superior Courts of !N'orth Carolina Northcutt V. Peoples Bonded Warehouse and Stedman, Treasurer. Southeastern Express Co. v. Maxwell, Com'r. State and Park Commission v. Surety Companies. Rucker Bonded Warehouse Corp. v. Maxwell, Com'r. State ex rel. Maxwell v. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Long V. Anderson and Owen. General Electric Supply Corp. v. State College. State Y. Standard Oil Co., et al. State, Stedman, Treas. & Maxwell, Com'r v. Holston Oil Co., et al. Mrs. S. Holderfield v. Geo. Ross Pou, et al. l^orfolk-Western v. Maxwell, Com'r. Ashlyn L. Cannon v. Maxwell, Com'r. U. S. Mortgage Co. v. Maxwell, Com'r. John P. Stedman, State Treas. v. Consolidated Indemnity Co. Stedman, Treas. v. Southern Surety Co. Hackney v. Hood, Com'r of Banks. Wayne Co., et al. v. Stedman, Treasurer. Disposed of in Superior Courts of North Caeolina State & Com'r of Revenue v. Lola G. Harwood. State's Prison v. McGuire. J. Lawrence Sprunt v. MaxAvell, Com'r. C. Ray Swain v. L. P. McLendon, Chairman, and State Board of Elections. Pending in the Supreme Court of North Carolina University of North Carolina v. High Point. State ex rel. Maxwell, Com'r v. Kent-Coffey Mfg. Co. Thos. W. Elliott, et al. v. O. Max Gardner, Governor, et al. Brown Realty Co. v. Maxwell, Com'r. 10 BIEINNIAL REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENEKAL, [Vol. Disposed of in the Supbeme Coukt ow Noeth Carolina Great A. & P. Tea Co. v. Maxwell, Com'r, 199 N. C, 433. Bunn V. Com'r of Eevenue, 199 'N. C, 557. Railway Express Agency v. Com'r of Eevenue, 199 IST. C, 637. Sou. Grain & Provision Co. v. Maxwell, Com'r, 199 N". C, 661. State and Town of Ahoskie v. Moye, 200 N. C, 11. Mrs. L. B. Parsons v. Board of Education, 200 1^. C, 88. In Re : Hayes, 200 J^. C, 133. Baker v. State, 200 K C, 232. Moore v. State, 200 K C, 300. State ex rel Boney, Com'r v. Grand Lodge O. F., 200 N. C, 331. Maxwell, Com'r v. Chemical Construction Co., 200 IST. C, 500. Hunt V. State, 201 K C, 37. State, et al. v. M. W. Gant, et al., 201 I^. C, 211. F. M. Glenn v. Board of Com'rs, Durham County, et al., 201 N. C, 233. HoUowell V. Dept. Conservation & Development, 201 N. C, 616. Hunt, Admr. v. Adjutant General's Dept., 201 'N. C, 707. T^ichols V. Maxwell, Com'r, 202 N". C, 38 Kirk V. Maxwell, Com'r, 202 N". C, 41. In Re : Bank of Whiteville, 202 N. C, 25;1. Com'r of Banks v. E. C. White, 202 N. C, 311. Com'r of Banks v. Harvey, 202 N". C, 380. Beaufort County v. Highway Commission, 202 N. C, 433. Chowan Co. v. Com'r of Banks, 202 :N". C, 672. State of K C. v. T. I. Hughes, et al., 202 N. C, 763. Everett v. IST. C. Fair Association (per curiam), 202 N. C, Maxwell v. Trust Co., 203 K C, 143. State of N. C. v. Stikeleather (per curiam), 202 1^. C, Pending in General County Court (Buncombe Co.) S. K. Young V. J. C. Champion. Pending in United States Supreme Court Wallace B. Davis v. State of North Carolina. Wallace B. Davis, Luke Lea and Luke Lea, Jr. v. State of Jl^orth Carolina. Disposed of in United States Supreme Court Clark V. Commissioner of Revenue, 282 U. S., 811. Hans Rees' Sons, Inc. v. Maxwell, Com'r of Revenue, 283 U. S., 123. Great A. & P. Tea Co. v. Maxwell, Com'r of Revenue, 284 U. S., 575. 21] BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 11 Pending in U. S. Disteict Couet U. S. V. First & Citizens Bank. Transportation Corp. v. Self. Disposed of in U. S. District Coukt ]!^at'l Surety Co. v. Catawba Construction Co. and State Prison De-partment, 51 Fed (2d), 1074. Gramling v. Maxwell, Com'r, 52 Fed. (2d), 256. Pending in U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals TJ. S. V. Doughton and Jeffress. Disposed of in TJ. S. Circuit Court of Appeals Garysburg Mfg. Co. v. Pender County, 50 Fed. (2d), 732. Pending in Supreme Court op !N'ew York State Loftin, Receiver, v. University of I*f . C, et al. EXHIBIT II List of Cases Ajrgued by the Attorney General and Assistant Attor-ney General Before the Supreme Court, Fall Term, 1930 ; Spring Term, 1931; Fall Term, 1931; Spring Term, 1932. AUGUST TEEM, 1930 1. State V. Allison, from Haywood; manslaugliter ; appeal by de-fendant ; affirmed. 2. State V, Baker, from Carteret ; worthless ciieck ; appeal by de-fendant; reversed. 3. State V. Beal, from Cherokee ; storebreaking, etc. ; appeal by defendant; venire de novo. 4. State V. Benthal, from Hertford; larceny; appeal by defendant; affirmed. 5. State V. Bryson, from Jackson ; manslaughter ; appeal by defend-ant; new trial. 6. State V. Burke, from Hertford; profane language; appeal by defendant; affirmed. 7. State V. Burno, from Richmond ; A. D. W. ; appeal by defendant ; affirmed. 8. State V. Cornett, from Ashe; injury to property; appeal by de-fendant ; new trial. 9. State V. Ellis, et al., from Rowan ; robbery, etc. ; appeal by de-fendant ; affirmed. 10. State V. English, from Duplin; murder, 2nd degi-ee; appeal by defendant affirmed. 11. State V. Fain, from Cherokee ; housebreaking, etc. ; appeal by defendant; reversed. 12. State V. Fletcher, from Wilkes; prostitution; appeal by defend-ant ; reversed. 13. State V. Hall, from Hertford; liquor; appeal by defendant; affirmed. 14. State V. Harvell, from Brunswick ; liquor ; appeal by defendant affirmed. 15. State V. Herring, C, from Sampson; murder, first degree; ap-peal by defendant ; affirmed. BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 13 16. State V. Herring, E., from Sampson; murder, first degree; ap-peal by defendant ; new trial. 17. State V. Hefner, from Catawba ; A. W. intent to kill ; appeal by defendant; affirmed. 18. State V. Horton, from Moore; worthless cbeck; appeal by de-fendant ; reversed. 19. State V. Jobnson, from Vance; liquor; appeal by defendant; reversed. 20. State v. Lawrence, from Hertford; burglary, first degi-ee; appeal by defendant; affirmed. 21. State V. Martin, from Forsyth; worthless check; appeal by de-fendant; reversed. 22. State v. McRae, from Scotland; murder, first degree; appeal by defendant; affirmed. 23. State v. N'elson, from Forsyth ; false pretense ; appeal by defend-ant ; new trial. 24. State v. Portee, from Richmond; assault with deadly weapon; appeal by defendant; affirmed. 25. State v. Ross, from Pitt ; worthless check ; appeal by defendant ; judgment arrested; error. 26. State v. Scoggins, from Polk; liquor; appeal by defendant; affirmed. 27. State v. Scoggins, from Polk; resisting officer; appeal by defend-ant; affirmed. 28. State v. Sizemore, from Stokes; violation game law; appeal by defendant; affirmed. 29. State v. Sloan, from Person; murder, first degree; appeal by defendant; affilrmed. 30. State v. Staley, from Wilkes ; forfeited recognizance ; appeal by defendant ; affirmed. 31. State V. Sterling, from ISTew Hanover; murder, first degree; appeal by defendant ; affirmed. 32. State v. Talley, from Transylvania; larceny; appeal by defend-ant ; new trial. 33. State v. Tart, from Harnett; carnal knowledge; appeal by de-fendant; remanded. Docketed aistd Disjjissed 34. State v. Allen, from Buncombe. 35. Stiate V. Bass, from "Wayne. 36. State v. Bynum, from "Wilson. ,' "14 iJiEXNiAL kj:pokt of the attorney genebat. [Vol. 37. State v. Bay, from Carteret. 38. State v. Harris, from Edgecombe. 39. State v. Hayeslip, from Eorsytli. 40. State v. Massey, from Durham. 41. State V. McBryde, from Hoke. 42. State v. Plott, from Clay. 43. State v. Sharp, from Wilson. 44. State v. Shuler, from Cherokee. 45. State v. Uzzell, from Wayne. EEBRUAHY TERM, 1931 46. State v. Casey, from Lenoir; murder, first degree; appeal by defendant; affirmed. 47. State v. Caudle, from Guilford; embezzlement; appeal by de-fendant; affirmed. 48. State v. Combs, from Surry ; housebreaking, etc. ; appeal by defendant; affirmed. 49. State v. Doyle, from Halifax; carnal knowledge; appeal by de-fendant; affirmed. 50. State v. Fields, from Vance; liquor; appeal by defendant; affirmed. 51. State V. Hicks, from Person; liquor; appeal by defendant; new trial. 52. State v. Lattimore, from Cleveland; violation banking law; ap-peal by defendant ; affirmed. 53. State v. Levy, from Durham; larceny; appeal by defendant; affirmed. 54. State v. Marion, from Davidson; murder, second degree; appeal by defendant ; affirmed. 55. State v. Rhodes, from McDowell; murder, first degree; appeal by defendant ; new trial. 56. State v. Rose, from Wilson; liquor; appeal by defendant; af-firmed. 57. State v. Shatley, from Wilkes ; seduction ; appeal by defendant ; reversed. 58. State v. Steadman, from Polk; robbery; appeal by defendant; affirmed. 59. State v. Vanderburg, from Gaston; C. C. W.—A. D. W. ; appeal by defendant ; new trial. 21] BIEiNNIAL REPORT OB' THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 15 60. State v. Watkins, from "Wake; A. D. W., ajppeal by defendant; new trial. Docketed and Dismissed 61. State V. Fay, from Forsytli. 62. State v. Anderson, from Mecklenburg. 63. State v. Goldston, from Chatham. 64. State v. Oakes, from Guilford. 65. State v. Wilson, et al., from Catawba. AUGUST TERM, 1931 66. State v. Arnold, from Craven; murder, second degree; appeal by defendant ; affirmed. 67. State v. Ashe, from Cherokee; municipal ordinance; appeal by defendant; reversed. 68. State v. Beal, from Cherokee ; burglary, etc. ; appeal by defend-ant; affirmed. 69. State v. Best, from Cherokee ; larceny, etc. ; appeal by defendant ; new trial. 70. State v. Brewer, from Wake; violation banking laws; appeal by defendant; affirmed. 71. State V. Brigman, from Buncombe; abandonment; appeal by defendant; new trial. 72. State v. Brock, et al., from Swain; larceny, etc.; appeal by de-fendant; appeal dismissed. 73. State v. Brown, from Moore; abortion; appeal by defendant; new trial. 74. State v. Casey, from Lenoir; murder, first degree; appeal by defendant; (newly discovered evidence) error and remanded. 75. State v. Cox, from Pitt ; robbery ; appeal by defendant ; affirmed. 76. State v. Deal, from Burke ; manslaughter ; appeal by defendant ; affirmed. 77. State v. Dowd, from Moore ; pei-jury ; appeal by defendant ; new trial. 78. State v. Durham, from Guilford; manslaughter; appeal by de-fendant ; affirmed. 79. State v. Elmore, from Macon ; breaking, etc. ; appeal by defend-ant; new trial. 80. State v. Gibson, from Buncombe; abandonment; appeal by de-fendant; affirmed. 16 BIEXNIAL KEl'ORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENESAI. [Vol. 81. State V. Goss, from Lee; miirder, first degree; appeal by defend-ant; affirmed. 82. State v. Griffin, from Orange; murder, first degree; appeal by defendant; affirmed. 83. State v. Guice, from Henderson; assault on female; appeal by defendant; affirmed. 84. State v. Herring, E., from Sampson; murder, first degree; ap-peal by defendant ; affirmed. 85. State v. Hildebran, from Burke; disorderly bouse; appeal by defendant; affirmed. 86. In re: Hubbard, babeas corpus; reversed. 87. State V. Jones, from Greene; abandonment ; appeal by defendant ; affirmed. 88. State v. Kirby, from Polk; aifray; appeal by defendant, re-manded. 89. State v. Lancaster, from Edgecombe; embezzlement; appeal by defendant; affirmed. 90. State v. Latbingbouse, from Carteret ; manslaughter ; appeal by defendant affirmed. 91. State V. Moore, from Davidson ; murder, first degree ; appeal by defendant; affirmed. 92. State v. Morrison, from Cabarrus; housebreaking; appeal by defendant; affirmed. 93. State V. Rhodes, M., from Henderson; embezzlement; appeal by defendant ; affirmed. 94. State v. Rice, from Madison ; manslaughter, appeal by defendant new trial. 95. State v. Shipman, from Transylvania; conspiracy; appeal by defendant; affirmed. 96. State v. Shumaker, et al., from Iredell; liquor; appeal by de-fendant; affirmed. 97. State v. Smith, from Vance; burglary, first degree-rape; appeal by defendant ; affirmed. 98. State v. Spain, from Durham ; burglary, second degree ; appeal by defendant ; new trial. Docketed and Dismissed 99. State v. Cook, from Durham. 100. State V. Jones, from Johnston. 101. State V. Kiger, from Forsyth. 21] BIENNIAL BEPOET OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 17 102. State v. Kirby, from Haywood. 103. State v. Matthews, et al., from Rowan. 104. State v. McArtan, from Harnett. 105. State v. Eives, from Chatham. 106. State v. Turner, from Forsyth. 107. State v. "Weayer, from Harnett. EEBRUAEY TERM, 1932 108. State v. Agnew, from Cabarrus ; A. D. W. ; appeal by defendant ; new trial. 109. State v. Avant, from Scotland; murder, first degree; appeal by defendant ; new trial. 110. State V. Boger, from Mecklenburg; manslaughter; appeal by defendant ; new trial. 111. State V. Church, from Burke; arson; appeal by defendant; reversed. 112. State V. Cole, from Robeson; violation banking laws; appeal by defendant; affirmed. 113. State V. Cox, et al., from Pitt; robbery; appeal by defendant; appeal dismissed. 114. State V. Davis, from Buncombe ; violation banking laws ; appeal by defendant ; affirmed. 115. State V. Donnell, from Guilford; murder, first degree; appeal by defendant ; affirmed. 116. State V. Ferrell, from Durham; manslaughter; appeal by de-fendant; affirmed. 117. State V. Fleming, from Surry; manslaughter; appeal by de-fendant; affirmed. 118. State V. Griffin, from Orange ; murder, first degree ; appeal by defendant; appeal dismissed. 119. State V. Hauser, from Davie; murder, first degree; appeal by defendant; new trial. 120. State v. Lea, et al., from Buncombe; conspiracy; appeal by defendants; affirmed. 121. State V. Lefler, from Davie; A. & B.; appeal by defendant; new trial. 122. State v. Livingston, from Wilkes; breaking, etc.; appeal by defendant; new trial. 18 BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENEBAi [VqI. 123. State v. Lyon, from Guilford; malfeasance; appeal by defend-ant; appeal dismissed. 124. State v. Mitchell, from "Wake; violation banking laws; appeal by State; affirmed. 125. State v. Moore, from Davidson; murder, first degree; appeal by defendant; appeal dismissed. 126. State v. Myers, from Pitt; murder, first degree; appeal by defendant; affirmed. 127. State v. Myrick, from Burke; A. & B. ; appeal by defendant; reversed. 128. State v. Myi-ick, from Burke; liquor; appeal by defendant; reversed. 129. State v. McKay, from Brunswick ; seduction ; appeal by defend-ant; affirmed. 130. State v. Posey, from Swain; murder, second degree; appeal by defendant; affirmed. 131. State V. Rawls, from Pitt ; embezzlement ; appeal by defendant; new trial. 132. State v. Simmerson, from Porsytb ; liquor ; appeal by defendant; appeal dismissed. 133. State v. Smith, from Brunswick; embezzlement; appeal by defendant; affirmed. 134. State v. Stansell, from Buncombe; manslaughter; appeal by defendant ; new trial. 135. State v. Turpin, from Swain; liquor; appeal by defendant; new trial. 136. State v. Whitehurst, et al., from Pitt; larceny; appeal by de-fendant; affirmed. Docketed and Dismissed 137. State v. Buftkin, from Columbus. 138. State v. Cain, from Forsyth. 139. State v. Edney, from Henderson. 140. State v. Farlow, from Montgomery. 141. State V. Koonce, et al., from Lenoir. 142. State v. McCall, from Hoke. 143. State v. Oliver, from Forsyth. 144. State v. Oliver, from Forsyth. 145. State v. Rector, from Burke. 21] BIENNIAL, EEPOBT OF THE ATTOKNEV GENEKAT. 19 SUMMABY OF CaSES Affirmed on defendant's appeal -. 62 New trial or reversed on defendant's appeal 36 Affirmed on State's appeal 1 Remanded on defendant's appeal 3 Judgment arrested 1 Venire de novo 1 Appeal dismissed 41 Total 145 CRIMINAL STATISTICS STATEMENT A The Following Statement Shows the Criminal Cases Disposed of I^f the Superior Courts During the Fall Term, 1930, and Spring Term, 1931 Counties a a OQ Alamance Alexander Alleghany Anson Ashe Avery Beaufort Bertie Bladen— Brunswick — Buncombe Burke Cabarrus Caldwell Camden Carteret Caswell Catawba Chatham Cherokee Chowan Clay Cleveland Columbus Craven Cumberland. Currituck Dare Davidson Davie Duplin Durham Edgecombe.. Forsyth FrankUn Gaston Gates Graham Granville Greene Guilford Halifax Harnett Haywood ... Henderson... Hertford Hoke .- Hyde 125 116 10 45 45 209 45 171 167 9 21 31 73 24 87 16 40 165 189 78 113 7 9 210 80 53 189 49 348 31 273 31 63 77 28 348 146 no 226 71 47 16 1 183 4 3 56 20 13 13 105 8 75 41 4 11 17 6 37 13 52 51 81 123 15 1 57 29 45 232 111 377 41 100 56 139 31 208 189 60 12 15 80 39 23 184 168 27 58 56 281 48 235 204 13 31 47 76 60 93 21 40 212 235 153 223 22 10 248 102 95 372 143 640 71 351 82 63 202 59 520 320 167 222 83 121 46 28 49 19 24 263 72 119 122 13 42 28 283 41 117 180 10 32 37 77 46 71 14 28 153 152 110 128 18 9 203 59 52 308 103 585 52 186 59 27 177 37 436 283 115 87 58 94 38 22 2 11 1 22 10 38 17 13 12 22 20 8 35 18 12 29 7 4 28 42 24 28 4 1 30 18 9 34 27 120 17 51 12 2 19 12 77 25 20 37 18 23 7 34 32 37 79 29 20 3 134 16 33 19 9 43 25 35 113 10 9 2 1 76 63 25 308 84 202 172 30 58 58 314 53 246 209 13 32 48 79 61 100 22 40 217 242 159 236 22 10 267 109 98 421 160 725 72 373 87 63 216 59 559 335 170 238 86 127 47 31 BIENNIAI. EEPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENEBAX 21 STATEMENT A-Continued Counties Iredell Jackson... Johnston Jones Lee Lenoir Lincoln Macon Madison Martin McDowell Mecklenburg Mitchell Montgomery Moore Nash- New Hanover,. Northampton.. Onslow Orange Pamlico Pasquotank Pender Perquimans Person.. Pitt Polk Randolph Richmond Robeson Rockingham Rowan t Rutherford Sampson Scotland Stanly... Stokes Surry Swain. Transylvania Tyrrell Union Vance Wake.... Warren Washington Watauga Wayne Wilkes.. Wilson Yiadkin Yancey Total 74 39 86 42 27 109 45 120 no 41 388 321 8] 50 51 113 58 34 95 99 42 24 43 2 132 33 80 141 61 187 159 119 68 51 72 28 86 91 35 33 11 59 35 393 18 2 64 84 494 98 169 100 *9,605 34 1 40 29 23 82 18 9 10 45 37 330 24 43 133 184 95 56 81 38 37 68 7 74 58 12 50 87 89 101 93 22 42 38 11 36 11 5 5 50 45 395 44 16 3 91 27 131 18 3 5,780 57 62 99 40 122 67 49 172 63 125 115 85 408 596 75 73 76 232 221 126 147 169 76 58 105 9 199 181 140 313 250 196 86 93 110 37 120 101 36 35 15 108 73 743 54 15 65 166 492 203 177 97 14,545 902 23 125 48 43 130 47 67 76 68 182 398 65 31 67 123 ns 79 113 132 49 38 68 3 162 91 79 120 95 148 164 154 79 74 55 32 91 98 20 26 56 529 44 11 49 109 240 147 118 74 10,433 35 12 17 29 7 18 110 5 19 6 33 61 35 13 22 19 19 27 13 19 19 33 34 18 11 17 4 7 15 4 5 10 1 13 22 119 9 6 1 18 42 14 24 16 2,009 25 4 45 15 11 221 127 11 23 19 89 2 14 25 25 12 3 15 6 26 51 34 151 62 41 11 2 6 16 2 127 8 1 17 48 227 58 45 13 OO 2,899 110 15,451 * 1 Corporation. 1 1 CorporatioE. •4 Corporations. 22 BEEWNIAJL EEPOET OF THE ATTORNEY GENEEAI, [Vol. § 5 asjSaa puooag —jtj'BiSjna 1 "^ .' ! ; 1 1 (M 1 1 C>) 1 1 1 aajSaQ isjij —XjB[3jna XaaSSng <J< ^M t 1 t 1 1 1 1 ! 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S o 2; O s 3 O d a c <s o3c 1 21] BIBNNIAJL BEPOKT OK THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 33 .-t <M CSJ CD ^^ r* CO c<i <*}< 1-1 r^ ^ tlO ^ lO 1— ' t-H CD 05 *«»< O ^ "* CO ^^ C^ -^ (M CO •-< ^^ ^ ^ ^ c^ , ^ ^ OOCCOOCOO 00»OCD (M CM •-. -^ (M OO O Oi <M .— ^ CO CD w .-I i-H CO O Ir— lO <M r-l i-H »C CM ^ i-i M 05 ' ^ »0 »0 CO OO C<l CO CD ^ ^ T*< C^ CO 1 CD --« C^l I IM -«*1 Cq t COCOCDi—ICO "-HCOOO CQ '-H CO ^ C bO 5 " i' S n -SJ - 03 .H o o o (Si tf Ci (ij Pi a; J4 2 a * — — O o rt 5 3 S S 5. c V^ m m m VI wooHr^^ > 5 oj ^c3 c3 ct C g O -M o 2: g: S >-i >H 34 BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL [Vol. Bai^unoQ O^ SB IB50X CO CO IC OO "^ t^ CO cq o oo coq cq o 00 00 -^ cc t^ CO u5 m »—I lo CI CO i-t ».^ eno3UB[i3osij^ »C t^ CO t CO S3jo3q3 eeaiq^aoj^ jConBjSB^ esBdsajx VO « SuiJiBajqajo^g japu^ig noi^onpag uot'fBfOiyY —SMBq jooqog 1-1 <-l <M Xaaqqoy »C i-H CO t-t jaogjo Sui^sisoy dojQ SniAOuia^ adtiy noi^n'jpso.ij UOl^BlOI^ -SMB'j uoi'jiqiqojjj locnoocqco t^iOi-Ht^^H cqco»ctooco eqooo^c*^ 1-4 in Ml Cft Suiuoeioj Xjnfjoj lonpaoo8[i\[ {Bpgjo ^ ^ ^ <i1 <!; >• a) o JS ti <:; 03 « pq CQ 3 ^ s -- o 1 fc, g » a) t. te -a S (^ ^ ^ s 3 3 c3 c3 S W CQ O O O -^ J s s s oj c3 e] ^ ^ o o o o o 21] BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENER^VI. 36 O (M t- t^ OO <^ '-' lO 00 ri -f CO o ' "oooo 1 c<i 1 1 -^ tn tc»o icO(N ^--^oo-^^ ciccior^^ iro i • i^ I lOOC^CO CO 1 1 y^ * CCC^liooO^ rCO i-^r^ -^ y^ iti r^ .1 lO 1 i»^ 1 iiwjii niii! iiItj.; jiirti (mjIcmI iiiii li'll-< _llrtl i-vlll -*i-a<i->s(-H cci-H—il llf-ill II1(m1 i-hIIII 05cr. 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J. mH \4J8dojj pa3v!S4aoj\r auisocieiQ M " <M " s 111 asnojj X|wpjogiQ N fe siBuiiuv o-\ XiianjQ " " XoBjtrisuoQ pi!qo JO qiJig Su![Bao(ioQ XuGiaj: SutpunoduioQ •w CO n CO 0 —1 N OS to uosjv c3 o O c o 1 o 0) co 4) 'o c v c o o -5 c 3 S c 3 X! C 0) > c « c c (S 2; cc a 2 c M C u d C oJ 3 O" OS 0, 21] BIENNIAL EEPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENEKAI. 47 ^ CQ (li Cu di 0-1 Pi 03 .S O O O 02 Ci2 p:? 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M £ 2 3 3 -B O 2 ' Q' O W ta [K is ;t: a ^ « ^ a o O'O o o ffi w a ffi ^ 13 -a "^ K ffi i 4 50 BIENNIAL EJEPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENEEAX [Vol. 1 ' c-> 1 ^joddns-uo^ '^ saiSaQ puoDag —JapanK | —japjnj^ saouBuipjo IBdioiunj^ * OO " " g " *o CO ja^qSn^isuBH :}nomiv\ uoissajoij; " ^nomi.VV ssauisng 3u[OQ 'asuaoil » SurAiaoa^ puB XuaojBi CO . * QO M - to CO CO X^jadojj; o^ Xanfuj " " leaonj SuiijBaaqasnofj UOI^BIOI^ —SAVB'j miBaH "• (N JO SuiiquiBQ M CO -o « - ^tja^inpv pUB UOl'JBOtUJOJ M< CO <»< M XjaSjo^ " <>4 B O 1 o •-5 o P-] 'c c c c T c c C £ ca a > £c tl cc 1 cc ^ z >cc i a cc e 1 c c C 0. &ca c c £ 1^ S os oi 21] biEinNiai. report of the attorney general 51 I -^ 1-H CO -H fl ft- »-• i^ rr a § O c = •-« M •a 5 S 2 ? OS .2 o o o K « a: PS oi S a S to " ^ o OS >, m Jl} ej 3 g O OJ O K CQ CO CO CQ S a) 5 S s 1- >i 5 5j C3 C3 Oj cQwHHti >i£iSiS^: is ^ fS >H 52 BrENNIAi REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAI- [Vol. saijunoQ C^ i ^ c s r^ K U5 ^* cq 1 C-) to snoanBijaogri^ [ 1 CO "—5 -* CO M CO 1 -< lO CO ( 1 ^ SJfOSqQ ss8iqiJ0\^ * ^ * M ^ 1 jCou'BjSb^ rt — ( '^ ssBdsaax CO M Tf< O * •^ 1 SaiJjBajqajo^g '"* '^ japuBjg IM uoi^onpag c> " —SM.'B'j looqag " Xjaqqoa aaogjo Sni^sisay *~* CO -H CO -H CO —1 J dojQ SaiAOuiajj c^ ' adBu uot;n)i:>soj<j (M N * ff^ UOI^BpiA. —SAVB'-J UOI^iqillOJfJ ^5 o OO -* O 05 o « CO U5 CO CO o i Sumosioj Xanfjaj ^onpuoosii\[ iBiogjo .2 3O O c £ C a cS < c c > >< P5 s "i 3 m aoo 3 a 3 w C3 <B 03 o 1 a [-1 oi ° d o i "o o a> O a> 21] BIEJNNIAL EEPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 53 CO '-» *o CO t^ -^ eo t-< CI ^H C4 C^ CD W 1-1 CO «-< CO 1-4 (M ^ "* CO lO CJ Oi -H t* CI CO i-< CD OS t^ ^ g > > ^ ^ g ,5 ^ o h o o o o o ~53 Jt) H 01 s s t: 5 S S 3 3 W KJ TO O U Q Q C ~ « ° 5 - a-S & £ c ^ ^ « ° 2 Q Q H t^ tu, SS 2 11 ^ 5^ <u n 03 tri u tri o o o o o ^ ^ C3 C3 O) o W W W ffi " o — o 5 -S -1 ffi Ji ^ 54 BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL [Vol. eaijunoQ 0% SB moJ, 1 t^ 1 CO 1 CO 1 05 1 o 1 rf >0 lO 1 (M (M >0 1 * enoauBjiaosij^ 1 >ra r o ! >o 1 00 1 1 CO 1 !M ! ^ 1 OS 1 <*< 1 IM JiOUVlS-B\ r I ^^ CM ssBdaajx I <?j (M t2 CO " Snt3[B9jq8J0:tg « japnBis '^ noi^onpag ~ *"* 3 C 1 —SM^'j [ooqog " o 1 I t- ^wqqoa "• z UJ UJ 1- MotgO SansisaH *"* fe dojQ SuiAouia'a; t^ acl'B'jj uopncmsojfl -* CO oCO ^ 1 ^ o 03 CO »0 1 Oi 3ainosio<j ytintjaj ?onpnoosij\i l^iorgo c 3o O a O a •-> i o ^t4 "o c "o oa3 ao so CO .5 a o Q 3 co 1 "3 s o bl CO o >o3 OS W o ft a 03 o ' aO M B o d i C CJ o 3 a: 21] BIEINNIAI, BEPOBT OF THE ATTORNEY GEJIEEAI. 55 tIltiii-il^dttlil i1liO1os»iirt0tO>ii tIlOMOiIitliiii ^OHiic^o-*O}t*o^ oOi ^in^it aO> ti iiC—^oc^ili>i CO! «3 in-*'--"' ' «•• OS £2 iiiliiilil ii-t(COi i-Tjiiii <-(ii^HOO OacotO* iCIt^ii 1 IIMI 1111 rtll -< <MCMI(MI 1 rHIl !t!,-li \ ^ 'i to \ III iooil! Olf-l'-IClO Omlrtl IlOil 1 1 .coi 1 iiiMi eoc^i 1 tiioii i i!ll! Icil.i iiiii liiiTti rtcoiii iiiii 5 !i!<-hI ic^liol icolfl collMit^ •OUSi-*! iitOii (M <t> ! ! ! i ! ! ! 1 1 i 1 « I ! t 1 ! i 1 —> 1 <m I 1 I I 1 » 1 1 M II II II nil II rn i C5 « ! ! 1 i 1 1 i t C4 I i i 1 i ! III!! ^ ! • 1 1 i 1 ! 1 S t^ iiieoi iMiii I1I1-4I imimIiI ill!! O •>!« • lit! i!!i! Iliii liiit^ C4-*ll! ii<«(il II nil 1 III 11 'iiii III CJ iiill iliii i ^ 1 1 ' iliii i 1 1 1 i 1 i *"* i 1 g • lliliii-oiil iiCOOiIc»cOii •iCcOqliiiii t<^Oii-^eic-oHCol TojalcCoOli«<-MHiI lliO-otooOiiil 111 1 i i(Ml 1 .111-11 (M.-1.-I1 1 1 II re '^ iiill I i 1 i ! iliii Iiill I 1 1 "^ 1 1 : 1 1 ! '- nder rson tt Ik ndolph chmond beson ckingham wan therford otiand inly Dkes rry ain ansylvania ion nee ke irren itauga yne leon ncey o 53SS.-SO 5-~ ° ° ° 5So5-g 3s£i>.c CLi(1hPliPhCli kPhPhPhPh WiBaoaam cocoHHtJ > ^ ^ II 03 ~ t:: 03 cs S: :S fe >^ >i 56 BIBINNIAI, REaPORT OF THE ATTOENEY GENEKAL fVoI, DISPOSITION OF VIOLATIONS OF PROHIBITION LAW IN THE COURTS BELOW THE SUPERIOR COURTS, FALL TERM, 1930, SPRING TERM, 1931 Convictions 4,821 Acquittals. 348 Nolle Pros 160 Otherwise Disposed of .- Total -- - 5.338 211 BIEiNNIAL BEPOBT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 57 STATEMENT C Thb Following Statement Shows the Criminal Cases Disposed op in the Sopebiob ComiTS DuBiNQ THE Fall Tebvi, 1931, and Spbinq Term, 1932 Counties 3 03 .2 a (2 1 '> a oO '3 o< "o t. o OP "3 o Alamance Alexander Alleghany Anson 97 31 13 46 92 86 82 20 21 36 250 61 153 72 9 25 55 65 37 170 8 40 96 166 70 126 8 6 183 78 60 186 62 394 32 314 16 99 73 68 405 71 165 239 54 43 14 11 56 87 75 25 27 4 2 24 121 34 15 68 90 80 100 28 35 41 336 64 213 85 15 32 120 68 46 174 11 43 151 209 151 210 20 7 230 124 103 352 150 685 77 388 52 91 162 109 601 132 217 235 70 115 35 40 74 94 114 58 3 1 2 2 8 4 2 2 31 1 5 2 1 3 6 5 4 7 9 19 6 2 3 37 8 75 2 21 8 14 17 55 4 6 11 9 2 5 6 1 5 84 21 12 34 77 51 58 21 24 23 326 54 139 64 5 29 79 71 45 148 8 33 82 139 97 167 13 5 181 87 80 254 102 631 49 246 33 26 112 70 501 96 88 119 36 90 17 29 57 62 114 46 10 10 3 12 14 17 15 9 6 14 41 3 39 13 7 1 36 30 4 124 35 15 23 19 31 1 1 1 70 92 Avery _. 2 22 10 14 7 117 4 65 15 6 8 65 6 15 9 3 3 59 50 90 101 12 1 53 48 46 203 96 366 47 95 36 2 88 104 Bertie 30 Bladen- ..- 5 1 5 35 Brunswick _ 43 367 Burke 8 39 10 3 4 1 3 1 65 Cabarrus Caldwell 218 87 15 33 Caswell 120 71 Chatham Cherokee 4 29 2 1 21 60 22 18 3 2 36 17 11 73 25 126 22 69 6 8 32 21 93 29 32 36 19 23 10 5 1 3 3 2 1 9 52 16 41 40 4 1 4 52 179 11 Clay 43 Cleveland Columbus Craven.. 155 216 160 Cumberland Currituck 229 20 Davidson. 17 22 15 59 31 7 91 13 65 29 34 61 10 101 89 24 3 8 6 21 35 2 3 3 1 3 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 236 126 106 389 Edgecombe 158 760 Franklin .. 79 Gaston 409 Gates 52 Graham. 99 Granville Greene 103 58 251 65 57 7 25 74 21 29 23 13 40 38 1 176 126 Guilford * Halifax... _. 656 136 223 Haywood Henderson Hertford 246 79 117 Hoke 35 Hyde- 40 Iredell 79 100 Johnston 115 Jones 7 10 63 58 BIENNIAL KEPOBT OF THE ATTORNEY GENEKAL [Vol. Counties STATEMENT C-Continued OQ Lee Lenoir Lincoln _.. Macon Madison Martin. McDowell Mecklenburg. Mitchell Montgomery. . Moore Nash New Hanover. Northampton. Onslow Orange Pamlico Pasquotank.. _ Pender Perquimans Person Pitt Polk liandolph Richmond Robeson Rockingham. , Rowan Rutherford Sampson Scotland Stanly Stokes Surry Swain Transylvania.. Tyrrell.. Union Vance Wake Warren Washington Watauga Wayne Wilkes Wilson.. Yadkin Yancey Total 61 103 51 41 103 306 161 23 22 127 58 62 90 107 28 24 64 14 92 107 27 175 52 200 152 139 122 97 17 33 91 104 180 66 3 31 98 333 11 15 123 71 602 151 71 202 12 101 8 11 3 74 20 321 4 7 42 116 180 91 71 66 15 31 97 4 97 114 6 60 61 106 81 57 26 38 10 17 16 14 8 4 4 21 31 345 28 17 14 110 41 194 12 2 5,343 36 29 168 67 109 53 111 113 574 152 29 61 226 220 148 158 168 41 53 152 16 188 208 29 226 112 410 209 186 143 134 29 48 100 113 210 66 7 50 121 649 38 29 130 165 591 324 14,314 1 22 2 5 1 4 10 53 13 1 3 17 18 5 3 5 2 2 9 2 3 13 4 9 1 22 24 10 5 2 2 7 5 14 4 867 25 121 45 77 38 410 106 9 41 116 160 109 101 127 29 31 118 10 157 121 21 138 81 208 124 121 137 93 26 49 65 92 159 47 2 45 104 380 27 21 99 107 300 128 71 122 5 45 9 6 8 23 33 116 21 1 8 30 77 29 32 18 11 5 17 53 3 24 8 41 61 32 11 28 2 1 26 26 26 4 2 21 114 10 9 17 21 62 32 6 15 2,301 24 13 31 6 24 15 99 38 20 15 96 1 15 28 26 3 18 14 17 47 9 73 22 183 48 39 15 1 39 19 5 5 4 184 2 2 19 51 267 185 5 67 2,906 30 190 69 114 54 115 123 627 165 30 64 243 238 153 161 173 43 55 161 18 191 221 33 235 113 432 233 196 148 136 29 50 107 118 224 70 7 52 129 678 39 32 137 181 643 345 83 204 15,181 60 BIENNIAL, REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENEBAL [Vol. 39J33Q puOOag '^ IM ' " 05 s as •^ < ^jaSSng; " M *"* o2 g Q a 1 Xjaqijg eq Su; O -H (M CO IM <M 03 Ol CO >0 CO — • M ?] 1 — 1 B ^CtuBSig; " -- ^ " *"* o O !>: o nopBioiY BED IN THE SUPEB M, 1932 IM * M " " 11!X 0* CO 1- S s z a E-Sag •M a "v ^ *o ^ cn >o Tj. COr-t OJlJIOS-*rt CO—•» CO IM « CO CM STAT DA NTS WE AND Sp ajBiuaj no Qjn'BSsy CO " IM " Oi CO IM <-«.-. c^ .-. ^ z Xja^^Bg puB ^p^ssy to rt M O CO H»l CO f-uosjy " M •* -. za XBjyy ^ " <M CO O aa uorjjoqy " o B 03 uoipnpqy CO "^ sa Eh jnarauopuBqy CO to -H •«J< CO o aB .S c oO c a C3 Sa T3 c eS a< >a 03 ja bl J. < Cc <1 < > > < J o coa ei 5 c. 'S ffi c m o ja S oos3 pa 3 C3 si O "3 & "a O B •a 6 C3 o 1 tt) »H C3 if § X! o £ s! j: O I) 01 o o o 21] BIENNIAL BEPORT OF THE ATTOKNBJY GENERAL 61 1 1 . e^ . t, . 1 —1 -< —. . . CO -^ ' ' 1 ' I — o) t 1 1 11... MN| iImI Nm m|N NIm Nim « 1 1 1 1 ! 1 1 ; 1 ! ! 1 ! 1 ei 1 1 1 ! i 1 1 N ; : ^ 1 1 i 1 ' 1 *"* 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 r It'll ^^ 1 'i 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 I.CMOKc5O-H«—1OicioiC'-lr>^t- 1l—lMrtCnl —i^Ncoo coooitoc; 111-*. 1 iC^ -Hir<lC: 1—1 III ;il„rt rtll.'l lill! _i;il (M— Mil Illl! I 1 it< 1 1 I 1 i' 1 (M 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ; „ ; ; ; i i i i i IICC^^H ,-11111 IIT-HOOl COII^-HI COC>J.-«ll I^SIIF-II ii^1<iW iiit^i (Mc^lMt-ii (M<i(Mi T-^iiii .COii»-» CCCOCraCOOS r-iTJ<iMcr-t^ QO^^OOa:<M C<IO lOCO OClco-^O oo»C;OQOO * I C<l o »-l03t^C^ O^Hl-!-.^,-! M 00 I t>. CO -^ -* CO C-l lO CO t» IM CJ r-H t^ »f5 -rt« b > ^ t s £ r r: ^ V 3 C3 C^ ^ il> ooQOQ aoKfefe ooouc okeee sKSi>5 62 BIENNIAL BEPOBT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL [Vol. oojSaQ puooag 1 " I *^ 1 C^I 1 1 " Sup m CO CO Oi " N 00 >0 lO TJI OD -f « 1 o, i " ^ Cs» ^ 1-1 M " *"* UOIJBIOI^ -. " " CO r-t -H <M " ins o} " •^ CI ' —1 (M 1 1 2 2 Av 'a 'v j 1 1 c a[euiajj uo :KnT!ssy MIO -rfi—iuj—iio * 00 o ^ ^ ^ Ol i tP -^ O <M « jCja^^Bg puB ^itiBssy * ^ m rt r-. CO i-« r- ^ ci ro '<!f uosay »-* CO A'TJjyV CO (M t^ - n c-i uoijjoqy " uoiionpqY' }uauiuopuBqY' ! —1 N ^1-^-TJ* 10CC»-tC^t^ (M i .si cD a p c O co •-5 <U l-i "o R c3 aq 03 s o 1 03 o Q o C 4) "3 .a i E oM C o oo 03 4) o C3 o Q 3 12; aO OM 03 o d "a 03 c CS O 3 cr 03 21] BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE .ATTORNEY GENERAL 63 tiii< 'COeO^' i.ii, II11I .<^..> i<Mi>(M ^ 1 1 1 1 ! 'i 1 1 1 'i I 1 I 'i '. 1 1 1 1 1 *^ 1 '. 1 1 i 'i I 1 1 n 1 1 I '"' I 1 1 ! I 'i i 1 ! ! 1 I I 1 1 I 1 "^ 1 I I 1 1 1 1 1 •V t \ \ ', ', \ \ [ 't \ ! ! 1 ! ! ! i ! ! ) ! 1 ! ! ! J ^ J I 1 o 1 ' 'I i' (M T-H '. (M CO I ^ l^ '^ 1 .' I I ^ -^11'"' ^ CO CO 1 ^ 1 r , , ( I 1 t 1 i . 1 OO it.(M! JIJ!^ I<m11I I^!1; )lt!l cmc<»-^1 • ill.' 1 ! t ! ! 1 u^ ^ I I ! ! 1 1 ! ! 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REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENEBAX [Vol 8SBds3.ij^ oiqrojo j^ no i^BfOrY—s w'B'j SnjQ puB poOji gUIBQ pUT3 l(SIj£ asua^ojjj asiBJ sax'Bx oclBOsg; tuauiaizzaqiug 83uH93i\^ 3uiqjn}stQ paSBS5JOj\[ SnisocIsfQ asnojj jtiJapjosiQ 8[Bintay o^ X^janj^ j^OtUldSUOQ }0 q;J!a SuiiBaonoQ Xaojajj 3uipunodiii03 M O O uosay u'Bi{'} jamo Suiujng < ^ < < < ^ ^ ^ a ^ r' a> CD —; (_ < ffl CO pq K 3 3 c3 S eU pq m o o o - ~ S (u » > ^ 5 ° 03 C3 C3 J3 J3 o o o o o 21] BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 65 rC tJO IM T-H ^^ 1-. to -^ ^ 'q3 S ^ ^ '^ o u. c3 ra Q Q tq t=4 ;=* CO F = c r -a X -^ ° fe >c ^ 0) c ^^ a cj U o O O ffi M K K 1 c • — o I tn M il >^ 66 BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAX [Vol. ssBdsajj^ ajqiojoj e^ ^ - IM <N SniQ puB poo£ ^ ^H C<I *"* C^ CO 8SU818JJ 08{'B J * M CSI ^H (M lO OM'-^tOM MN-Hrt 1 saxTJX '"' ad^osg IM —1 -«• CO ;ti3ui0[zzaqrag t^ rH OO CO —1 CO * —1 1—( ^H ^H §c c S3np33j\r Suiqjn^BiQ »c «o u 1 a t- z bJ s 111 5 p8S'B3}JOJ\[ SaisodsiQ " M ,-1 T-1 asnojj A[japjos!Q . 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W 02 Oi W b< i-i t:^ > ^ ^ & &: $-&^i»>< "3 o 76 BIENNIAIy REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL [Vol. OrSPOSITION OF VIOLATIONS OF PROHIBinON LAW, IN THE SUPERIOR COURTS, 1931-1932 Convictions 2,336 Acquittals _.. _ 441 Nolle Pros 573 Otherwise Disposed of - -. - 24 Total - - 3,374 21] BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 77 STATEMENT C-1 Thb Followino Statement Shows Criminal Cases Disposed op in Courts Below the Superior Court, Reporting to this Department, During the Fall Term, 1931, Spring Term, 1932 Counties 2? c c 3S a "3 g 1 >aoO 13 < 55 o Alexander Bertie , 49 66 182 274 509 395 113 52 323 135 307 527 93 99 937 36 359 558 773 182 62 50 48 156 293 511 1,853 88 189 128 25 51 44 72 246 329 56 577 35 357 302 82 41 244 16 96 92 48 110 46 106 78 176 199 412 175 59 112 324 56 360 396 88 57 24 7 92 41 5 40 1,297 52 246 179 16 39 65 25 150 463 77 100 16 320 162 171 53 296 4 2 1 65 155 252 292 598 412 213 124 480 310 631 656 148 201 1,137 90 651 889 798 218 79 55 136 187 288 515 2,712 133 380 290 41 86 104 91 368 705 130 642 50 641 420 231 90 512 7 22 30 21 29 6 6 23 24 88 46 4 10 124 2 68 67 63 21 7 3 4 10 10 36 438 7 55 17 4 5 6 28 87 3 35 1 36 44 22 4 28 55 138 143 254 615 319 180 82 306 252 502 604 116 151 1,100 60 537 716 756 166 82 41 140 120 210 442 3,113 71 325 227 35 66 77 97 302 721 86 581 39 528 364 161 62 345 5 22 100 58 2 81 39 43 96 72 158 87 19 55 89 26 142 154 85 44 6 5 30 10 41 2 1 2 65 162 Brunswick Buncombe Cabarrus Caldwell 274 322 619 441 219 5 100 10 53 11 17 5 72 5 40 85 18 29 4 11 1 6 1 1 2 130 Columbus Craven, 503 334 Cumberland Davidson 719 702 152 211 1,261 Gates . . 92 Halifax, 719 Harnett.. . 956 Haywood Henderson Iredell 861 239 86 58 Lee 140 44 75 64 33 41 46 61 4 13 24 33 9 42 4 25 55 19 2 11 8 4 3 3 9 197 Madison 298 McDowell Mecklenburg Montgomery IV; oore 551 3.150 140 435 Nash... - 307 Orange, ,. 41 Pamlico ,. 90 Person.. , 109 Polk 97 Richmond Rockingham Sampson ,.. 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(to. 11 ^H.tCOl-- CCi-i " s 1 1 05 CO *!•!! I(mIi-i1 I!!I1 coil ^' s IlIIiM l^!t^l l,-i!!l oi'!c<ioc io-^ " c^ \ I Cl '"' 1 1 ^ " CO IJl!i iiiwi ;^ii; —,11 ~ " 00 Will \\r\ \\\\\ \\\ CO T-^ , I - 1 1 1 'i 1 1 "^ 1 *"* 1 1 1 ' 1 1 111 "^ S2 i 1 (M i 1 1 1 1 t^ ; 1 M 1 i i <M i ' C^ 1 . ^ 1 1 TT 1 1 1 III <:a ^ : i QO N 1 1 -H i 1 1 O 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 -^11 "" ' ; ' a= it^iCQ iC^iiOi icoiil ^ii(M—1 iccito icOrCli iCCiii »i^.i«OC »OQO -*'-*i .1 1 irtiTO, , 11, n , • o — «, 50 1 1 »p 1 1 t^ '- 1 1 « i i " Pender Perquimans Person Pitt.- - Polk.. Randolph Richmond -. Robeson ..- Rockinirham _ '• ill!: 11=^ : T3 : 1 1 1 1 I '1 ; S g^ 1 1 1 i| c c c is c a. c t CJ 00 C O 03 ~ is -S c c a O 94 BIBNNIAI, REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL [Vol. DISPOSITION OF VIOLATIONS OF PROHIBITION LAW IN THE COURTS BELOW THE SUPERIOR COURTS FALL TER.VI, 1931, SPRING TER.VI, 1932 Convictions 6,874 Acquittals 68Z Nolle Pros _.. 193 Otherwise Disposed of 7 Total 7,656 21] BIENNIAI, REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAT, 95 STATEMENT E Comparative Statement as to Sex, Race, Judgment, etc. (Superior Courts) From July 1. 1930 To July 1, 1931 From July 1, 1931 To July 1, 1932 15,451 15,181 14,545 902 4 14,314 Females - - 867 Total 15,451 15,181 White 9,605 5,780 62 4 9,668 5,343 170 Colored ... . Indian . . Corporations.. . ... .. Total 15,451 15,181 Convictions, Including Submissions 10,433 2,009 2,899 110 9,893 2,301 2,906 81 Acquittals ._ ... Nolle Pros ... Otherwise Disposed of... . . . _ ... Total 15,451 15,181 96 BIENNIAL KEPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL [Vol. STATEMENT E-1 Comparative Statement as to Sex, Race, Judgment, etc. (Courts below Superior Courts) From .July 1, 1930 To .July 1, 1931 From July 1, 1931 To July 1, 1932 Number of Criminal Actions Disposed of 12,019 18,757 Males .. 11,139 879 1 17,206 Females ._ . 1,551 Corporations Total .. . 12,019 18,757 White 7,376 4,634 8 1 11,808 6,942 7 Colored . __.._ Indian. _ . .__ Corporations .. Total . . 12,019 18,757 Convictions, Including Submissions 10,101 1,323 569. 26 15,287 2,388 1,035 47 Acquittals.. ... Nolle Pros ... . .. .. Otherwise Disposed of Total .. 12,019 18,757 21] BIENNIAL BEPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 97 STATEMENT F Alphabetical List of Crimes (Superior Courts) Abandonment Abduction Abortion Affray Arson Assault and Battery Assault on Female A. D. W Assault with Intent to Kill Assault with Intent to Rape Banking Laws—-Violation Bigamy Breaking and Entering Bribery Buggery Burglary—First Degree Burglary—Second Degree Burning other than Arson C. C. W Compounding Felony Concealing Birth of Child Conspiracy Cruelty to Animals Disorderly House Disposing Mortgaged Property Disturbing Meetings Election Laws—Violation Embezzlement Escape Failure to List Taxes False Pretense Fish and Game Laws—Violation Food and Drug Laws—Violation Forcible Trespass Forgery Fornication and Adultery Gambling or Lottery Health Laws—Violation Housebreaking Incest Injury to Property Larceny and Receiving License, Doing Business Without License, Practicing Profession Without- Manslaughter Motor Vehicle Laws—Violation Municipal Ordinances Murder—First Degree Murder—Second Degree Non-Support Nuisance Obstructing Public Highway OflScial Misconduct -- Perjury From From July 1,1930 July 1,1931 To To July 1,1931 July 1.1932 185 189 16 28 8 9 15C 141 54 36 463 357 146 209 1,185 1,381 135 110 71 81 16 35 49 45 673 863 2 6 12 14 2 3 42 48 43 42 311 297 2 9 10 32 22 14 72 58 85 59 74 71 3 4 140 228 60 48 3 6 146 192 73 54 3 182 119 378 337 148 134 193 168 2 6 626 638 25 15 60 69 2,987 2,605 10 14 5 4 162 242 424 516 20 44 8 7 269 276 58 40 21 27 4 5 19 23 31 32 98 BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Vol. STATEMENT F—Continued Alphabetical List of Crimes (Superior Courts) From July 1,1930 To July 1,1931 From July 1.1931 To July 1,1932 Poisoning Prohibition Laws—Violation. Prostitution. Rape Removing Crop Resisting Officer Robbery School Laws—Violation Seduction Slander Storebreaking Trespass Vagrancy Worthless Checks Miscellaneous Total. 3,775 95 19 17 79 217 3 64 15 442 105 42 286 404 15,451 1 ,374 116 21 33 86 273 14 413 115 26 309 324 15,181 211 BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 99 STATEMENT F-1 Alphabetical List of Crimes (Courts below Superior Court) Abandonment. Abduction Abortion Affray Arson Assault and Battery Assault on Female A. D. W Assault with Intent to Kill Assault with Intent to Rape Banking Laws—Violation Bigamy _ Breaking and Entering Bribery ^ Buggery ^ Burglary—First Degree Burglary—Second Degree Burning other than Arson... _-^ c. c. w ..-_._...._L..;__..v_.__ Compounding Felonj' Concealing Birth of Child Conspiracy Cruelty to Animals Disorderly House Disposing Mortgaged Property Disturbing Meetings Election Laws—Violation Embezzlement Escape Failure to List Taxes False Pretense Fish and Game Laws—Violation Food and Drug Laws—Violation Forcible Trespass Forgery Fornication and .\dultery Gambling or Lottery Health Laws—Violation Housebreaking Incest Injury to Property Larceny and Receiving License, Doing Business Without License, Practicing Profession Without. Manslaughter Motor Vehicle Laws—Violation Municipal Ordinances Murder—First Degree Murder—Second Degree Non-Support Nuisance Obstructing Public Highway Official Misconduct Perj ury From July 1,1930 To July 1,1931 890 140 From July 1,1931 To July 1.1932 175 4 1 300 2 1,256 237 1,319 24 6 2 55 13 328 39 44 30 128 332 4 11 1 49 ,156 1 39 427 4 13 64 58 100 1 13 87 94 39 101 76 9 175 376 2 43 1 127 2,063 16 17 23 1,372 446 100 BIBNNIAI. REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GEiS'EaJAt [Vol. STATEMENT F-1—Continued Alphabetical List of Crimes (Courts below Superior Court) From From July 1.1930 July 1.1931 To To July 1,1931 July 1.1932 1 5,338 7.656 79 136 2 2 37 48 49 84 7 18 2 12 9 18 12 26 6 4 172 267 40 63 409 389 519 711 Poisoning Prohibition Laws—Violation Prostitution Rape Removing Crop Resisting Officer Robbery School Laws—Violation Seduction Slander Storebreaking Trespass Vagrancy Worthless Checks Miscellaneous Total 12.019 18,757 21] BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 101 Fees Transmitted by Attorney General to State Treasurer since February Term, 1930, Through February Term, 1932 State V. Charles. .- S 10.00 State V. Hoffman, et. al 40.00 State V. Lassiter -.- -. 10.00 State V. Lackey . 10.00 State V Wishon 10.00 State V. Cornett-.- 20. JO State V. Fe.ton McLamb 10.00 State V. Ellis (Frick) -... 10.00 State V. Hefner and Warren 30.00 State V. Hall and Reynolds 20.00 State V. Day 10.00 State V. Burke 10.00 State V. Burns 10.00 State V. Jake Brown 10.00 State V. Jake Brown 10.00 State V. Roberson 10.00 State V. McBryde 20.00 State V. Lewis Doyle 10.00 State V. Harwell 10.00 State V. Staley 10.00 State V. Levy . 10.00 State V. Harris, et al 20.00 State V. Sizerrore 20.00 State V. Caudle _-- 10.00 State V. Scoggins 10.00 State V. Scoggins 10.00 State V. Rose 10.00 State V. Uzzell 10.00 State V. Stedman, et al 20.00 State V. Beal 70.00 State V. Fields 10 00 State V. Lamm 10.00 State V. Oakes 10.00 State V Casey. 10.00 State V. Combs and Wells 20.00 State V. Arnold-. 20.00 State V Lathinghouse 10.00 State V. Turner 10.00 State V. Kiger . 10.00 State V. Jones 10.00 State V Ritter 20.00 State V. Allison 10.00 State V. Brewer 10 00 State V. Durham 10.00 State V. Mack Rhodes 10.00 State V. Lancaster 10.00 State V. Morrison 10.00 State V. McKay 10.00 State V. Cain 10.00 State V. Fleming 10.00 State V. E. PL Smith . 10.00 State V. Simmerson 10.00 Clark V. Maxwell, Commissioner (U. S Supreme Court) 20.00 Tea Co. v Maxwell, Commissioner (U. S. Supreme Court) 20.00 Total $ 760.00 OPINIONS TO THE GOVERNOR, EXECUTIVE COUNSEL, DIRECTOR OF PERSONNEL, AND DIVISION OF PURCHASE AND CONTRACT National Guard—Paid Duking Encampment 26 July, 1930. This morning, General Metts informs me that you want an opinion from me with respect to C. S. 6869: "All officers and employees of the State who shall be members of the National Guard or Naval Militia shall be entitled to leaves of absence from their respective duties, without loss of pay, time, or efficiency rating, on all days during which they shall be engaged in field or Coast-Guard de-fense training ordered or authorized under the provisions of this chapter." You will find opinion of this office on that subject on page 107, Biennial Report for 1926-28. The language of the section referred to is clear that members of the National Guard or Naval Militia, who are officers or employees of the State may attend the training period with their respective organiza-tions, without loss of pay or time. This, of course, means that such officers and employees of the State, while so attending a training period of the Na-tional Guard, are entitled to their regular pay, as such officer or employee, from the State and, also, to the vacation period usually allowed State offi-cers and employees. It necessarily means that the time, thus taken by such officer or employee attending the camps of the National Guard, for training purposes, should not be charged against them as part, or whole, of their vacation period. Pardons—Conditionax Paroles 1 August, 1930. You ask the opinion of this office with respect to your powers and duties in regard to paroles. Constitution, Article III, section 6, is as follows: "Reprieves, commiitations, and pardons. The Governor shall have power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons, after conviction, for all offenses (except in cases of impeachment), upon such conditions as Ee may think proper, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law rela-tive to the manner of applying for pardons. He shall biennially communi-cate to the General Assembly each case of reprieve, commutation, or pardon granted, stating the name of each convict, the crime for which he was convicted, the sentence and its date, the date of commutation, pardon, or reprieve, and the reasons therefor." You will observe that there is no reference here to paroles. In State v. Yates, 183 N. C., 753, the Court held that the term "parole" imports a con-ditional pardon. These paroles or conditional pardons may be granted by the Governor, subject to the limitation that the conditions imposed must BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 103 not be illegal, immoral, or impossible of performance. It was in that case held that when a parole or conditional pardon is granted by the Governor, the prisoner's breach of such conditions voids the parole and cancels his further right to immunity from punishment. In that case the prisoner was paroled "upon condition of good behavior and remaining a law abiding citizen." After the expiration of the time for which he had been sentenced, the parole was revoked and the Governor directed the sheriff to take and recommit the prisoner in order that he might serve the remainder of his term. The Court held that, the prisoner having ac-cepted the parole upon these conditions, he might be so rearrested and re-quired to complete the term for which he had been sentenced. That this may be done was directly set up by statute, C. S. 7756. By C. S. 7643, the statute empowers the Governor, in cases where a pardon may be issued, to grant paroles or conditional pardons "subject to such conditions, restrictions and limitations as he considers proper and necessary." C. S. 7644 and 7645 contain statutory regulations of the Gov-ernor's duties with respect to recapture and recommitment of prisoners who have violated the terms of their parole or conditional pardon. A parole or conditional pardon may, then, be granted upon condition that the prisoner shall be of good behavior and not violate the law. It may be expressed in these terms without limitation as to time. It may also be granted upon these conditions, limiting the time within which they shall remain obligatory upon him, the date of such limitation to be set out in the parole when granted. Executive and Judicial Depaetjients 4 December, 1930. I am in receipt of your letter of December 2 with enclosures—letter of Major E. P. Costen to General Metts and of General Metts to Governor Gardner. The correspondence relates to criticism by Judge Oglesby and Judge Sink, of persons presenting certificates of contributing membership in the National Guard as a basis of exemption from jury service. It is absolutely impossible for the Governor to control criticism of this nature expressed by Superior Court Judges. Within his sphere, a Judge is superior to the Governor or any one else. The Executive Department has no power to control conduct of courts by a Judge. The Governor has no power to remove a Judge and none to suggest manner in which a Judge shall perform his duties. For high crimes and misdemeanors, a Judge may be impeached, but that power rests in the General Assembly. Upon a concurrent resolution, adopted by two-thirds vote of both houses of the General Assembly, a Judge may be removed for mental or physical inability. The lack of power on the part of Executive oflBcers to control activities of Judicial oflBcers is founded upon the general principle expressed in Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution: "The legislative, executive and supreme judicial powers of the government ought to be forever separate and distinct from each other." 104 BIBNNIAI. REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY UENEEAL [Vol. I cannot advise that the Governor has any power to control, or suggest any means by which he might limit, occurrences of the kind described in the letters of General Metts and Major Costen. Sheriff—Removal from Office—PmvEn of Governor 3 June, 1931. You propound to this office the following questions: When the sheriff of a county refuses to serve process, what authority, if any, has the Governor to act in such matter? Has he power to remove the sheriff or appoint some one to act in his place? To both of these questions we answer "No." Among the authorities, powers and duties of the Governor, defined in C. S. Section 7636, is the following: He is to see that all offices are filled and the duties thereof performed, or in default thereof, apply such remedy as the law allows and if the remedy is imperfect, to acquaint the General As-sembly therewith. C. S. Section 3936 provides a penalty of $100 for the failure or neglect of the sheriff to serve process delivered to him for service. It is collected summarily in the court to which the process is returnable. C. S. Section 4384 permits the sheriff to be indicted for willful failure to discharge any of the duties of his office. The crime itself is declared to be a misdemeanor. He is also made guilty of a misdemeanor under Section 4396 for failure to return process. C. S. Section 3928 declares: "If any sheriff shall be convicted of a mis-demeanor in office, the court may at its discretion, as a part of his pun-ishment, remove him from office." There is still another provision of the statute which permits the court upon petition to remove a sheriff for any willful refusal to perform the duties of his office, C. S. Sections 3208 to 3212, inclusive. We have thus stated to you the grounds upon which a sheriff may be removed and the tribunal which is to remove him under proven circum-stances. We can find no authority any where in the statute for the Gov-ernor to remove any sheriff for willful failure to perform his duties. Adjutant General's Depaktment; Payment. Compensation Award 17 July, 1931. I have a memorandum from your office of July 15, together with letter from General Metts of July 14, relating to payment of awards by Industrial Com-mission against the Adjutant General's Department and in favor of certain soldiers. The question is asked as to whether these awards may be paid out of the contingency and emergency appropriation. I call your attention to Budget Memorandum No. 132 of May 9, 1929, in which notice was given that the State would be a self-insurer under the Workmen's Compensation Act. Paragraph 4 of that memorandum is as follows : 21 I BIENNTAL REPORT OK THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 105 "It "was also decided at the same meeting that compensation as would accrue would be paid out of the appropriation or funds of each department and institution, in which such claims arose, and that transfers as would be necessary will be authorized to provide the availability. Under any extraordinary condition and compensation accruing to an amount larger than may be paid out of any particular appropriation, resort may be had to the Contingency and Emergency Appropriation." It will thus be seen that at that time it was decided that departments and agencies should pay for compensable injuries out of their appropria-tion, or payment would be made in extraordinary circumstances out of the contingency and emergency fund. Of course, the effort should be made to make the payment out of the appropriation to the department or agency. As to whether a particular payment may be made out of the contingency and emergency appropriation, that is a matter in each case for the determination of the Governor and Council of State. Commissioner of Labor—Approval of Warrants 15 January, 1932. I am this morning in receipt of your letter of yesterday, sending letter of Mr. E. F. Carter, and certain correspondence submitted therewith. I have been very glad to go into the matter with the view of aiding in the adjustment between Mr. Grist, Commissioner of Labor, and Mr. Carter, Di-rector of the Division of Standards and Inspections. A few days ago Mr. Carter came to me about the matter. This morning I have discussed it quite fully with Mr. Grist. From these interviews, previous ones, and material submitted, it appears that there has been con-siderable controversy between the head of this Department and the Director of this Division. Under Section 6(b), Chapter 312, Public Laws of 1931, provision is made for making of rules and regulations governing the activities of the several divisions. This power is conferred upon the Commissioner of Labor by said subsection. The rules and regulations are to be subject to your ap-proval. Both Mr. Grist and Mr. Carter in the conversations I have had with them contend that each has sought to cooperate with the other in the making of these rules and regulations, and each contends that the other has failed in this respect. Here, then, is a misunderstanding which needs to be cleared up, but which is somewhat aside from the immediate needs with respect to the unpaid invoices submitted by Mr. Carter. With respect to these obligations, Mr. Grist takes the position that they were all incurred by Mr. Carter for his Division without purchase order or previous approval by Mr. Grist. He is unwilling to issue vouchers for payment of expenses and purchases unless they have previously been author-ized by him. The State Auditor approves warrants only upon request from the head of a Department. Under Section 5 of the Act, Chapter 312, Public Laws of 1931, Mr. Grist is administrative head of the Department of Labor. The act is 106 BIENNIAL KEPOKT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL [Vol. rather confusing, but it is apparent that there can be no gainsaying of that legal situation and of the other fact, that the Division of Standards and Inspections is a part of the Department. I am of opinion that Mr. Grist is correct in his contention that he should have opportunity to approve purchase orders and expenditures ahead of incurring them. I am likewise of opinion that request for allotment out of the appropriation made to the Department of Labor for the Division of Standards and Inspections—Public Laws of 1931, Chapter 429, Section 1 (10.3), should go through the head of the Department. Mr. Grist takes the position that it would be illegal for him to approve warrants for such purchases and expenditures unless they had been sub-mitted to him ahead of incurring them, for his consideraticai and authoriza-tion. It seems to me that the present difficulties can, and should, be adjusted by submission to Mr. Grist, the head of the Department, of request for pur-chases and expenditures for the Division of Standards and Inspections. I think if it is understood that this will be done in the future, that Mr. Grist will then go through this list of obligations with the view to approving them if he reaches the conclusion that they have been properly incurred and the indebtedness properly exists. I would certainly advise him to do that, and he tentatively this morning expressed willingness to do this. Copies of this letter are being sent Mr. Grist and Mr. Carter. The en-closures are returned. If I can aid further, I shall be very glad to do so. Quite frequently these matters can be handled by seeking adjustments of this nature, and I am very glad to be used in that capacity at any time. Director of Personnel; Analysis of Act Establishing 27 January, 1932. In compliance with your request this morning, I undertake to analyze the act establishing a Director ot Personnel, Chapter 277, Public Laws of 1931, as it relates to the duties of various officials having connection with the setting up of salaries and wages for subordinates and employees in the State departments, bureaus and commissions. The work is to be done in the first stages by the Director of Personnel, in connection with the heads of the various departments. Section 4 pro-vides that the Director of Personnel, "with the approval of the Advisory Budget Commission (shall) fix, establish and classify a standard of salaries and wages, etc." Section 7 provides that the Director of Personnel shall keep informed from time to time as to the changes and the needs of personal service in such departments, bureaus and commissions, reconsider the re-port theretofore made, "and with the approval of the Advisory Budget Com-mission make changes therein in accordance with his findings." I think it clear that the results of the survey and changes in salaries of subordinates and employees of the departments, bureaus and commissions of the State now being conducted by the Director of Personnel are subject to the approval of the Advisory Budget Commission before being put into 21] BIENNtAI. REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 107 effect. Under Section 6 the changes in the salary schedule go into effect on the first day "of the next month beginning not less than thirty days subsequent to the reception of such report" by the head of the department. It is not necessary that the heads of departments be heard by the Advisory Budget Commission before that body gives its approval to the report of the Director of Personnel. Hovv^ever, Section 11 does contemplate that the heads of departments may be heard at that time, or they may be heard even after approval by the Advisory Budget Commission. Section 11 thus gives the head of the department opportunity at one stage or another to be heard if he desires to present evidence to the Advisory Budget Commission vrith respect to salaries fixed in his department. The fact that this appeal is provided for in Section 11 does not at all alter the meaning of sections 4 and 7, which specifically require approval by the Advisory Budget Commis-sion of these salary changes. Salaries—Executive Counsel; Adjutant General,; Stai-e Librarian; Commissioner Public Wei.fare 27, January, 1932. I undertake to answer the several inquiries submitted to me by you over the telephone this morning, as follows: The position of Executive Counsel was created by Chapter 147, Public Laws of 1929. By Section 3 of the Act the Governor was authorized to fix the salary not to exceed that paid or allowed to a Superior Court Judge. The Executive Counsel is not the head of a department, bureau or com-mission, but a subordinate employee in the Governor's office. By Section 21% of the Appropriation Act of 1931, Chapter 429, the salary of the Executive Counsel was placed at $5,000. That Act was ratified May 27, 1931. Chapter 277, Public Laws of 1931, confers upon the Director of Per-sonnel, subject to approval by the Advisory Budget Commission, power to fix the salaries of subordinate employees of the various departments, bu-reaus and commissions of the State. That Act was ratified April 15, 1931. In 1925 this office held that the Salary and Wage Commission had power to fix the salaries and wages of subordinate employees in the executive and administrative departments, notwithstanding the existence of statutes with respect to such salaries in particular instances and regardless of whether such statutes were passed before or after the ratification of the Salary and Wage Commission Act. The two statutes—the Salary and Wage Commis-sion Act of 1925 and the Personnel Act of 1931—are substantially similar in the scope of the powers conferred in this respect. It follows, then, that the salary of the Executive Counsel is subject to control by the Director of Personnel upon approval by the Advisory Budget Commission, as are the salaries and wages of other subordinate employees in the various State departments. The Adjutant General is the head of a department. By C. S. 3877, as amended, his salary was placed at $4,500. As he is not an elective officer, his salary was subject to the 10 per cent cut authorized by Section 20 of the Appropriation Act of 1931. As he is the head of a department, and 108 BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY UENETJAJL [Vol. not a subordinate employee, his salary is not under the control of the Director of Personnel under any authority conferred by Chapter 277, Pub-lic Laws of 1931. There is no statute authorizing a reduction of the salary of the Adjutant General by the Governor, the Advisory Budget Commission or any other public authority except as contained in section 20 of the ap-propriation act of 1931. (I enclose opinion of this office on the subject given Mr. Dunlap June 17, 1931.) The State Librarian is the head of a department. Her salary is fixed by C. S. 3876, as amended. As she is not an elective officer, her salary was subject to the 10 per cent cut authorized by Section 20 of the Appropriation Act of 1931. Since she is the head of a depai'tment, her salary is not within the control of the Director of Personnel under Chapter 277, Public Laws of 1931. There is no statute authorizing a reduction in her salary by the Governor, the Advisory Budget Commission or other public authority except as contained in Section 20 of the Appropriation Act of 1931. The Commissioner of Public Welfare is the head of a department. There is no statute specifically fixing her salary. By C. S. 5006i-8 the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare is given the power "to employ a trained investigator of public service problems who shall be known as Commissioner of Public Welfare." It has been heretofore assumed that the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare has the power to fix the salary of this (5fficer under the language quoted. In the absence of other legislative action, the exercise of such power by that Board seems to be justified. As the Commissioner of Public Welfare is not an elective officer, her salary was subject to the 10 per cent cut authorized by Section 20 of the Appropriation Act of 1931. As she is the head of a department, and not a subordinate employee, her salary is not under the control of the Director of Personnel under authority conferred by Chapter 277, Public Laws of 1931. There is no statute authorizing a reduction of the salary of the Commis-sioner of Public Welfare by the Governor, the Advisory Budget Commission or any other public authority except as contained in Section 20 of the Ap-propriation Act of 1931, or possibly as indicated under C. S. 5006-8. I advise, then, that the salaries of the Adjutant General, the State Librar-ian and the Commissioner of Public Welfare are not subject to further reduction, assuming that they have been reduced 10 per cent under authority contained in Section 20 of the Appropriation Act of 1931, except as indi-cated with respect to the Commissoiner of Public Welfare. Salary—^Commissioneb, Vetterans Loan Fund 28 January, 1932. I answer your telephone inquiry of this morning, with respect to salary of the Commissioner of the Veterans Loan Fund, as follows: The World War Veterans Loan Fund was established by a vote of the people under Chapter 155, Public Laws of 1925. The constitutionality of issuance of bonds under the act was sustained in Hinton v. State Treasurer, 193 N. C, 496. An additional and similar fund was established under the provisions of Chapter 298, Public Laws of 1929. ,21] BIENNIAL REl>OET OF THE ATTORNEY GENEKAI. 109 Section 7 of the Act provides for a Board of Advisers upon whom are conferred certain rather strictly limited duties in the administration of the Act. Provision is made for the selection by this Board of Advisers of a commissioner of the Veterans Loan Fund. He holds his office at the will of the Board, and "shall receive an annual salary payable monthly of $3,500." The Commissioner of the Veterans Loan Fund is the head of a department, or commission. As stated, his salary was fixed in Section 7 of Chapter 155, Public Laws of 1925, at $3,500. As he is not an elective officer, his salary was subject to the 10 per cent cut authorized by Section 20 of the Appro-priation Act of 1931. As he is the head of a department, and not a subordi-nate or employee, his salary is not under the control of the Director of Per-sonnel under the authority conferred by Chapter 277, Public Laws of 1931. There is no statute authorizing the reduction of the salary of the Commis-sioner of the Veterans Loan Fund by the Governor, the Advisory Budget Commission or any other public authority except as contained in Section 20 of the Appropriation Act of 1931. Salaries—Assistant to Director of Budget; Director of Personnel; Com-missioner OF Revenue; Director Di^ncsiow of Purchase & Contract; Director of Local Government; Chairman and Members, Industrial Commission; Commissioner of Banks; Secretary, State Board of Health; Director, Department Conservation & Development; Chair-man, Highway Commission; State Highway Engineer. 30 January, 1932. I answer the inquiry submitted in telephone conversation just had, as follows : By Section 2 of Chapter 100, Public Laws of 1929, the Governor is author-ized to appoint an Assistant to the Director of the Budget and to fix his salary. This Assistant is a subordinate and employee in the Budget Bu-reau. He is, therefore, subject to the provisions of Chapter 277, Public Laws of 1931, and his salary is to be fixed by the Director of Personnel, subject to the approval of the Advisory Budget Commission. By Section 2 of Chapter 277, Public Laws of 1931, the Governor is author-ized to fix the salary of the Director of Personnel, such salary not to exceed the sum of $6,000. Regardless of whether he is, or is not, a subordinate and employee in the Governor's office, under general principles he, of course, would have no authority to fix his own salary; therefore, I advise that the Governor has the power to fix his salary. Under Section 2 of Chapter 232, Public Laws of 1929, amending Section 6 of Chapter 40, Public Laws of 1921, the salary of the Commissioner- of Revenue is to be fixed by the Governor with the approval of the Ad"visory Budget Commission. By Section 14, Chapter 261, Public Laws of 1931, the salary of the Direc-tor of Purchase and Contract is to be fixed by the Governor, with the ap-proval of the Advisory Budget Commission. In my opinion this officer is the head of a bureau and not a subordinate or employee therein; therefore, 110 BJPiNNIAL I!£I>OKT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL [VoJ. the Governor has the right to fix his salary, subject to the approval of the Advisory Budget Commission. By Section 7, Chapter 60, Public Laws of 1931, the salary of the Director of Local Government, as such Director and Secretary of the Local Govern-ment Commission, is to be fixed by the Governor with the approval of the Advisory Budget Commission. This ofiicer is the head of a bureau or commission and therefore, not a subordinate employee. By Section 9, Chapter 274, Publio Laws of 1931, amending section 52.a of Chapter 120, Public Laws of 1929, the salaries of the Chairman and each member of the Industrial Commission are to be fixed by the Governor, sub-ject to the approval of the Advisory Budget Commission. By Section 6, Chapter 243, Public Laws of 1931, the salary of the Com-missioner of Banks shall be fixed by the Advisory Budget Commission. This oflEicer is the head of a department or commission and therefore, not a sub-ordinate employee. Under C. S. 7053, as amended, the Secretary of the State Board of Health shall receive such salary as may be fixed by the State Board of Health, not to exceed $8,000. This officer is the head of a department or bureau, and therefore, not a subordinate employee. Under Section 14, Chapter 122, Public Laws of 1925, the salary of the Director of the Department of Conservation and Development is to be fixed by the Governor, but not to exceed the salary paid to the State Geologist at the time of the enactment of said Chapter 122, Public Laws of 1925. (I am not advised what that salary was.) By Section 1, Chapter 146, Public Laws of 1931, rewriting and amending C. S. 3846.f, the salary of the Chairman of the Highway Commission was fixed at $7,500. This officer is the head of a commission and not a subordinate or employee. I find no statute permitting change in this salary other than as contained in Section 20 of the Appropriation Act with respect to the 10 per cent cut, and this salary is not subject to revision except as therein permitted. By Section 5, Chapter 2, Public Laws of 1921, the State Highway Com-mission was authorized to fix the salary of the State Highway Engineer, with approval of the Governor. He is a subordinate and employee in the State Highway Commission. The power to fix his salary, as conferred by the Act referred to, is superseded by Chapter 277, Public Laws of 1931, and the Director of Personnel, therefore, has the right to fix his salary, with the approval of the Advisory Budget Commission. Department ok Labor; Division of Stand.^rds and Inspection— Control of Appeopriation 9 February, 1932. In compliance with request in your letter of January 14, I considered letter of Mr. E. F. Carter, Chief of Division of Standards and Inspection in the Department of Labor, other correspondence submitted therewith, and wrote you result of my investigation and the conclusions I had reached on January 15. 21] BIENNIAL KEPORT OF THE ATTOKNEY GENERAL 111 Other complaints in relation to the whole subject have come to your office from Mr. Carter, accompanied by copies of correspondence dealing with certain accounts apparently contracted by Mr. Carter for his Division. It is quite apparent that Mr. Carter needs to conduct the DivisiorT of Standards and Inspection as a subordinate division in the Department of Labor and not as an independent organization of which he is the head. It appears that he assumes to make travel and purchase authorizations as the head of a department. Mr. Grist, as Commissioner of Labor, is executive and administrative head of the Department of Labor; Mr. Carter is Chief of the Division of Standards and Inspection. He is a subordinate in the Department of Labor. Mr. Grist is entirely right in his contention that the funds appropriated to the Division of Standards and Inspection in the Department of Labor are to be expended upon his authorization. I find also that Mr. Grist is insisting that accounts for travel expense be itemized in the way that obtains in other Departments; that there should be no lump sum authorization for such travel expense. In insisting upon this, Ml*. Grist is simply following the correct practice. It seems that Mr. Grist held up authorization of salary vouchers for some days. I have told him that there was no authority for this, and that salary vouchers should be approved in accordance with the salary schedule as here-tofore set up by the Salary and Wage Commission and as approved or mod-ified by the Director of Personnel with the approval of the Advisory Budget Commission. All requests for authorization of expenditures other than salaries should be submitted in the proper way to Mr. Grist as head of the Department. The Harwood Investigation 11 February, 1932. In accordance with your verbal request this afternoon, I submit tHTe fol-lowing additional and written report in the Harwood case: Based upon an audit of the License Bureau of the Revenue Department made by Messrs. A. H. Howell and Carl K. Marler for the Auditor's Depart-ment, a civil action was brought June 5, 1931, in the name of the State, Hon. R. A. Doughton, former Commissioner of Revenue, and Hon. A. J. Maxwell, his successor, against Miss Lola G. Harwood, a former clerk in that Bureau, alleging that she had failed to account for the sum of $4,903.00, proceeds of license taxes passing through her hands, and had converted the same to her own use. At the same time certain deposits of Miss Harwood in certain banks in the City of Raleigh, amounting in the aggregate to $2,987.32, were attached. On July 30, 1931, Judge Walter L. Small made an order in the cause di-recting that the plaintiffs supply the defendant with a copy of the audit in-volved and allow the defendant and her counsel opportunity to examine the books, records and papers in the office of the Commissioner of Revenue per-taining to the matters and things in controversy, and allowing defendant thirty days from August 10 in which to file answer. Answer was filed for the defendant through her attorneys, Messrs. Smith & Joyner, on Septem- 112 BIK.\NIAL HEI'ORT OF THE ATTORNEY OENERAI. [Vol. ber 11, 1931, in which she denied the allegations of the complaint or any indebtedness to the State. At the September Term, 1931, of Wake Superior Court a bill of indict-ment was returned by the grand jury charging Miss Harwood with embez-zlement of the said sum of $4,903.00. Hon. J. C. Little, Solicitor of the Seventh Judicial District, has, of course, been in charge of this criminal prosecution. We have frequently conferred with him about the case, and assured him that we would assist in it in any way desired by him. The civil action was set for trial on October 28. Messrs. Smith & Joyner objected to trial at that time on the ground that they were not present when the case was so set for trial, and that it was not entitled to such early trial based upon its place on the civil issue docket. At January Term, 1932, by consent the civil action was referred by Judge William A. Devin to Mr. J. M. Broughton, of the Raleigh Bar. Mr. Brough-ton gave notice that he would enter upon the hearing at a room in the Rev-enue Building on the morning of February 1. notice of which hearing was carried in the public press. Commissioner Maxwell and I have constantly declined to consider any compromise of the case. At all times we have said to those representing Miss Harwood that the State would insist upon payment of the full amount found to be due, the audit, of course, being subject to any correction which might be made therein on the facts as they might be found. Counsel for the defendant suggested a conference with representatives of the Revenue Department and this Department to be held on the morning of February 1, prior to the hearing before the Referee, with a view to going over the items in the audit as made. In that conference our Auditors reached the conclusion that we could not sustain two items in the audit, aggregating $75.00. We thereupon informed counsel for the defendant that we would consent to elimination of these two items and settlement of the civil case on payment to the State of the sum of $4,828.00. At the conference on Monday morning, February 1, at the Revenue Build-ing there were present Assistant Attorneys General A. A. F. Seawell and Walter D. Siler, representing the State, Mr. W. B. Jones and Mr. Willis Smith, representing the defendant, Mr. R. R. McLaughlin, License Tax Deputy in the Revenue Department, Messrs. A. H. Howell and Carl K. Marler, the Auditors who had made the audit, John K. Dorseft, an employee in the Department, and occasionally some other employees of the Revenue Department came to the room to give such information as they might, when desired. Upon the order made by Judge Small on July 30, 1931, Judge John H. Harwood, father of the defendant, had had access to the books and records in the Revenue Department for the purpose of examining them. On some days he had been admitted to the building by the janitor for this purpose prior to the opening of the offices for work in the morning and some times would remain after the offices had been closed. Since the making of the audit the correspondence relating to the various items that entered into it has been in the possession of Mr. Howell. The regular official records showing the issuance of licenses had remained in the Department. 21] BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GE.XKHAI, 113 At the conference on February 1, Messrs. Smith and Jones had with them notes or memoranda prepared by Judge Harwood as guide to them in their examination of the records material to the inquiry. When the regular oflBcial records of the office pertaining to the issuance of licenses were ex-amined, certain erasures, substitutions and mutilations were found, which the Auditors stated were made after the audit. All of these tended to ex-culpate Miss Harwood. The attorneys for the defendant called for certain copies of letters relating to particular items and which were supposed to explain the transactions in Miss Harwood's favor, their request for such copies of letters being based upon the notes or memoranda supplied them by Judge Harwood. No such copies of letters were found in the correspondence which had remained, as stated, in the hands of Mr. Howell. Search was made in other files in the Department, and finally several such copies of letters were found. These copies of letters as so found bore no relation to the files of cases in which they were so found. The appearance of these copies of letters, their con-tents in relation to the matters they were supposed to explain, and otTier indicia which they bore seem to exclude any possibility of their genuineness. On the afternoon of Tuesday, February 2, Mr. Maxwell, Mr. Seawell and I went to your office and officially reported these matters to you. and it was agreed that the investigation should be completed and such action taS^en at the appropriate time as the facts found should justify. We instructed Mr. Howell and Mr. McLaughlin to continue their search in the files of the Department so as to ascertain if there were copies of letters of a similar nature. They have done so and have reported to Mr. Maxwell and me that they have now found twenty-eight copies of such let-ters purporting to relate to items in the audit. These copies were found scattered at random in older files of the Department and without relation to whether they properly belonged to the particular file in which they ap-peared. The copies of letters so found, if genuine, would tend to exculpate Miss Harwood from the charge brought against her. The case has been handled with celerity and dispatch, and brought to the point of a hearing quite earlier than is usual in cases of similar magnitude handled by this Department or generally in suits of such nature between private citizens. We have expected that judgment for, and payment of, the full sum due the State, $4,828.00, would be consummated next week. Members, State Board of Elections; Appointment; Terms of Office 9 March, 1932. Referring to our conversation of this morning relating to appointment and terms of office of members of the State Board of Elections, I call your attention to Section 9, pamphlet copy of election law, C. S. 5921, which is as follows: "There shall be a State Board of Elections, consisting of five electors, whose terms of office shall begin on the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and five, and continue for two years and until their successors 114 BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL [Vol. are appointed and qualified. The Governor shall appoint the members of this board and not more than three of them shall be of the same political party. Their successors shall likewise be appointed by the Governor, and their term of office shall continue for two years and until their successors are elected and qualified." It is evident that the statute contemplates appointment of members of this Board for terms to begin on the first day of June in the odd numbered years. However, you will observe that their terms continue "until their successors are appointed and qualified." Therefore, present members of the Board have remained in office and for the performance of their duties to the present time. I suggest that your proper course would be to go ahead and make these appointments now. The terms of these appointees would, I think, end on the first day of June, 1933, or when their successors are appointed and qualified. DiKECTOi: OF Personnel; State Prison Department 21 March, 1932. Some days ago authorities of the State Prison infoi'med me that you wanted the opinion of this office as to whether the State Prison comes with-in the terms of Chapter 277, Public Laws of 1931, relating to duties and powers of the Director of Personnel. The powers given by that Chapter to the Director of Personnel withT re-spect to positions to be filled and salaries to be paid extend to "every de-partment, bureau and/or commission of the State." By Chapter 163, Public Laws of 1925, the law with respect to the State Prison was rewritten. C. S. 7698, as so rewritten, is as follows: "The State's Prison shall be and continue a department of the State government and it shall be vested with all the property, real and personal, choses in action and other rights now owned, held or enjoyed by the former corporation known as the State Prison." The official title of the state prison as continually referred to in that Chapter is "The State Prison Department." The act, then, as so written makes the State Prison a department of the State government. All State departments are included within the terms of Chapter 277, Public Laws of 1931. It follows, then, that the Director of Personnel, subject to approval and review by the Advisory Budget Com
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BIENNIAL REPORT
OF THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL
OF THE
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
VOLUME 21
1930-1932
DENNIS G. BRUMMITT
ATTORNEY GENERAL
FRANK NASH *
A. A. F. SEAWELL
WALTER D. SILER
ASSISTANT ATTORNEYS GENERAL
Succeeded by A. A. F. Seawell, July 1, 1931.
Presses of
Edwards & Bboughton Company
State Peintees
Raleigh, N. C.
LIST OF ATTORNEYS GENERAL SINCE THE ADOPTION
OF THE CONSTITUTION IN 1776
Term of Office
Avery, Waightstill 1777-1779
Iredell, James 1779-1782
Moore, Alfred -. 1782-1790
Haywood, J. John 1791-1794
Baker, Blake 1794-1803
Seawell, Henry 1803-1808
Fitts, Oliver 1808-1810
Miller, William 1810-1810
Burton, Hutchins G 1810-1816
Drew, William 1816-1825
Taylor, James F 1825-1828
Jones, Robert H. .^ 1828-1828
Saunders, Romulus M °
1828-1834
Daniel, John R. J 1834-1840
McQueen, Hugh 1840-1842
Whitaker, Spier 1842-1846
Stanly, Edward 1846-1848
Moore, Bartholomew F 1848-1851
Eaton, William 1851-1852
Ransom, Matt W 1852-1855
Batchelor, Joseph B 1855-1856
Bailey, William H 1856-1856
Jenkins, William A 1856-1862
Rogers, Sion H 1862-1868
Coleman, William M 1868-1869
Olds, Lewis P 1869-1870
Shipp, William M 1870-1872
Hargrove, Tazewell L 1872-1876
Kenan, Thomas S 1876-1884
Davidson, Theodore F 1884-1892
Osborne, Frank 1 1892-1896
Walser, Zeb V 1896-1900
Douglas, Robert D 1900-1901
Gilmer, Robert D 1901-1908
Bickett, T. W 1909-1916
Manning, James S 1917-1925
Brummitt, Dennis G 1925-
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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
State of North Caeolina,
Department of the Attorney General
RALEaGH, 15 December, 1932.
To His Excellency, O. Max Gardner, Governor, Raleigh.
Dear Sir:—I herewith transmit the Biemiial Report of this department
for the years 1930-32.
The report contains certain tables of criminal statistics. These, as they
relate to courts inferior to the Superior Court, are inadequate and incom-plete,
because of the abbreviated scope of the statute under which they
are collected. That statute, C. S. 1588, is as follows:
The recorder or clerk of any court authorized to be adopted by
this subchapter shall make reports to the attorney general of all
criminal actions disposed of by such court in the same manner
and to the same extent as is now required by law of the clerks of
the superior courts of this state.
It will be noted that these reports of criminal statistics of inferior
courts are not required to be made except from the courts established
under subchapter IV of the chapter on courts. This excludes from the
requirement a large number of Recorder and Municipal Courts, created
under special acts prior to 1919. All of these inferior courts having juris-diction
greater than that of courts of Justices of the Peace should be
required to make such reports, if these statistics are to be of any con-siderable
value.
Opinions of the Office
Only a very small percentage of the opinions and letters of this department
are included in the report. Constantly, we give many advisory opinions
to local officers.
Considerable confusion exists in the public mind as to the extent to
which opinions of this office are official rulings. That they are such when
given to a department, officer or agency of the State Government, in rela-tion
to the official duties of the inquirer, is well established. That is
also true, by force of statute, with respect to some other opinions, such
as those to all election officials. But that is not generally true of letters
written by the department to local officers in relation to their duties.
Inquiries of this kind have been for so long constantly answered by the
department, and there has been such an increase of that practice within
recent years, it is now generally thought that such letters are not merely
advisory, as is the case, but of full official nature. This popular opinion
is particularly prevalent with respect to such letters of the department
to local officials, with regard to taxation matters.
6 biennial report of the attorney general [vol.
The School Code
Again, I recommend, as I did in 1930, tliat the school laws be rewritten
in their entirety.
The need for this is greater now than then. In 1923, the General Assem-bly
passed a School Code, prepared and developed upon a particular theory.
We have now adopted a state school system. Many statutes have been
superimposed upon, or added to, that School Code. These later statutes
do not articulate with the School Code of 1923, so as to build a structure
with parts fitly joined together. Construction of these acts is most diffi-cult,
and, in many instances, cannot be attained upon any well-conceived
reasoning. We should have an entirely new School Code. These laws
should be rewritten, upon the theory of the state school system at present
in operation, with such changes as may be made by the General As-sembly
of 1933.
Taxation Laws
I assume that the Revenue and Machinery Acts, as is the practice, will
be rewritten at the approaching session of the General Assembly. But,
the same should be done with respect to taxation laws of a more perma-nent
nature. The statutes, with respect to sale of land for delinquent
taxes, and the foreclosure of tax certificates, should be simplified.
The, Election Laws
Again, I recommend, as I did in 1930, that our Election Laws be re-written.
We should have a real Australian or secret ballot act. And
I think that the absentee voter's law should be repealed.
Departmental Appropriation s
We have submitted an estimate of the needs of the department for the
next biennium. For the fiscal year 1931-32, this department was given
an appropriation of $16,250.00, or $920.00 in excess of the then salaries.
Anyone can readily see that such an appropriation is entirely inadequate.
As a consequence, we have had to ask, from time to time, for allotments
out of the Contingency and Emergency Fund, and, also, to rely upon other
state agencies for traveling expenses, and other items, when undertaking
particular tasks for them.
Under the present law, the salary of the Assistant Attorney General,
attached to the Revenue Department, is paid out of the appropriation for
that department. This should be changed, and the appropriation made
directly to the Attorney General's office. The same is true with respect
to all other needs of the department. No other state agency should be
expected to pay for mimeographing, printing or traveling expenses of this
office. A sufficient appropriation should be made to the Attorney Gen-eral's
Department to cover these items.
The Corrupt Practices Act of 1931, and the Anti Trust Act place cer-tain
duties upon this department, with respect to investigations. No
appropriation has heretofore been made for the expense of such work. As
a consequence, when the necessity for such investigations has arisen, the
21] BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 7
Attoi-ney General has been forced to ask for an allotment out of the Con-tingency
and Emergency Fund for that purpose. We are now asking for
an appropriation of $5,000.00 for each year of the next biennium, for
the expenses of such investigations. In using such an appropriation, the
policy of strict economy, pursued by the department with respect to all of
its expenditures, will be followed.
The Attorney General's Department
All legal work of the State should be under, and controlled by, the
Attorney General. I believe that to be the clear meaning and intent of
the Constitution. The name of the office, ex vi termini, imports such
meaning. That construction is confirmed by the express language of the
Constitution, Article III, section 14: "The Attorney General shall be,
ex officio, the legal adviser of the Executive Department."
In saying this, I am not seeking, or asking for the department, any
power or authority other than that which normally, naturally belongs
here. Nor would I seek to have this department encroach upon the powers
of any other officer. But, I am convinced that the powers and duties con-ferred
upon this department by the Constitution, are incapable of liquida-tion
by any statutory action, v/hich would attempt to confer them upon
any other officer.
I, therefore, earnestly recommend that necessary laws be passed placing
all legal work for all executive departments under the control and super-vision
of the Attorney General.
Respectfully,
Dennis G. Brummitt,
Attorney General.
EXHIBIT I
Civil Actions Disposed of or Pending in the Coukts of Nokth
Carolina and the Federal Courts
Pending in Superior Courts of !N'orth Carolina
Northcutt V. Peoples Bonded Warehouse and Stedman, Treasurer.
Southeastern Express Co. v. Maxwell, Com'r.
State and Park Commission v. Surety Companies.
Rucker Bonded Warehouse Corp. v. Maxwell, Com'r.
State ex rel. Maxwell v. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Long V. Anderson and Owen.
General Electric Supply Corp. v. State College.
State Y. Standard Oil Co., et al.
State, Stedman, Treas. & Maxwell, Com'r v. Holston Oil Co., et al.
Mrs. S. Holderfield v. Geo. Ross Pou, et al.
l^orfolk-Western v. Maxwell, Com'r.
Ashlyn L. Cannon v. Maxwell, Com'r.
U. S. Mortgage Co. v. Maxwell, Com'r.
John P. Stedman, State Treas. v. Consolidated Indemnity Co.
Stedman, Treas. v. Southern Surety Co.
Hackney v. Hood, Com'r of Banks.
Wayne Co., et al. v. Stedman, Treasurer.
Disposed of in Superior Courts of North Caeolina
State & Com'r of Revenue v. Lola G. Harwood.
State's Prison v. McGuire.
J. Lawrence Sprunt v. MaxAvell, Com'r.
C. Ray Swain v. L. P. McLendon, Chairman, and State Board of
Elections.
Pending in the Supreme Court of North Carolina
University of North Carolina v. High Point.
State ex rel. Maxwell, Com'r v. Kent-Coffey Mfg. Co.
Thos. W. Elliott, et al. v. O. Max Gardner, Governor, et al.
Brown Realty Co. v. Maxwell, Com'r.
10 BIEINNIAL REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENEKAL, [Vol.
Disposed of in the Supbeme Coukt ow Noeth Carolina
Great A. & P. Tea Co. v. Maxwell, Com'r, 199 N. C, 433.
Bunn V. Com'r of Eevenue, 199 'N. C, 557.
Railway Express Agency v. Com'r of Eevenue, 199 IST. C, 637.
Sou. Grain & Provision Co. v. Maxwell, Com'r, 199 N". C, 661.
State and Town of Ahoskie v. Moye, 200 N. C, 11.
Mrs. L. B. Parsons v. Board of Education, 200 1^. C, 88.
In Re : Hayes, 200 J^. C, 133.
Baker v. State, 200 K C, 232.
Moore v. State, 200 K C, 300.
State ex rel Boney, Com'r v. Grand Lodge O. F., 200 N. C, 331.
Maxwell, Com'r v. Chemical Construction Co., 200 IST. C, 500.
Hunt V. State, 201 K C, 37.
State, et al. v. M. W. Gant, et al., 201 I^. C, 211.
F. M. Glenn v. Board of Com'rs, Durham County, et al., 201 N. C, 233.
HoUowell V. Dept. Conservation & Development, 201 N. C, 616.
Hunt, Admr. v. Adjutant General's Dept., 201 'N. C, 707.
T^ichols V. Maxwell, Com'r, 202 N". C, 38
Kirk V. Maxwell, Com'r, 202 N". C, 41.
In Re : Bank of Whiteville, 202 N. C, 25;1.
Com'r of Banks v. E. C. White, 202 N. C, 311.
Com'r of Banks v. Harvey, 202 N". C, 380.
Beaufort County v. Highway Commission, 202 N. C, 433.
Chowan Co. v. Com'r of Banks, 202 :N". C, 672.
State of K C. v. T. I. Hughes, et al., 202 N. C, 763.
Everett v. IST. C. Fair Association (per curiam), 202 N. C,
Maxwell v. Trust Co., 203 K C, 143.
State of N. C. v. Stikeleather (per curiam), 202 1^. C,
Pending in General County Court (Buncombe Co.)
S. K. Young V. J. C. Champion.
Pending in United States Supreme Court
Wallace B. Davis v. State of North Carolina.
Wallace B. Davis, Luke Lea and Luke Lea, Jr. v. State of Jl^orth
Carolina.
Disposed of in United States Supreme Court
Clark V. Commissioner of Revenue, 282 U. S., 811.
Hans Rees' Sons, Inc. v. Maxwell, Com'r of Revenue, 283 U. S., 123.
Great A. & P. Tea Co. v. Maxwell, Com'r of Revenue, 284 U. S., 575.
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Pending in U. S. Disteict Couet
U. S. V. First & Citizens Bank.
Transportation Corp. v. Self.
Disposed of in U. S. District Coukt
]!^at'l Surety Co. v. Catawba Construction Co. and State Prison De-partment,
51 Fed (2d), 1074.
Gramling v. Maxwell, Com'r, 52 Fed. (2d), 256.
Pending in U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
TJ. S. V. Doughton and Jeffress.
Disposed of in TJ. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Garysburg Mfg. Co. v. Pender County, 50 Fed. (2d), 732.
Pending in Supreme Court op !N'ew York State
Loftin, Receiver, v. University of I*f . C, et al.
EXHIBIT II
List of Cases Ajrgued by the Attorney General and Assistant Attor-ney
General Before the Supreme Court, Fall Term, 1930 ; Spring
Term, 1931; Fall Term, 1931; Spring Term, 1932.
AUGUST TEEM, 1930
1. State V. Allison, from Haywood; manslaugliter ; appeal by de-fendant
; affirmed.
2. State V, Baker, from Carteret ; worthless ciieck ; appeal by de-fendant;
reversed.
3. State V. Beal, from Cherokee ; storebreaking, etc. ; appeal by
defendant; venire de novo.
4. State V. Benthal, from Hertford; larceny; appeal by defendant;
affirmed.
5. State V. Bryson, from Jackson ; manslaughter ; appeal by defend-ant;
new trial.
6. State V. Burke, from Hertford; profane language; appeal by
defendant; affirmed.
7. State V. Burno, from Richmond ; A. D. W. ; appeal by defendant
;
affirmed.
8. State V. Cornett, from Ashe; injury to property; appeal by de-fendant
; new trial.
9. State V. Ellis, et al., from Rowan ; robbery, etc. ; appeal by de-fendant
; affirmed.
10. State V. English, from Duplin; murder, 2nd degi-ee; appeal by
defendant affirmed.
11. State V. Fain, from Cherokee ; housebreaking, etc. ; appeal by
defendant; reversed.
12. State V. Fletcher, from Wilkes; prostitution; appeal by defend-ant
; reversed.
13. State V. Hall, from Hertford; liquor; appeal by defendant;
affirmed.
14. State V. Harvell, from Brunswick ; liquor ; appeal by defendant
affirmed.
15. State V. Herring, C, from Sampson; murder, first degree; ap-peal
by defendant ; affirmed.
BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 13
16. State V. Herring, E., from Sampson; murder, first degree; ap-peal
by defendant ; new trial.
17. State V. Hefner, from Catawba ; A. W. intent to kill ; appeal by
defendant; affirmed.
18. State V. Horton, from Moore; worthless cbeck; appeal by de-fendant
; reversed.
19. State V. Jobnson, from Vance; liquor; appeal by defendant;
reversed.
20. State v. Lawrence, from Hertford; burglary, first degi-ee; appeal
by defendant; affirmed.
21. State V. Martin, from Forsyth; worthless check; appeal by de-fendant;
reversed.
22. State v. McRae, from Scotland; murder, first degree; appeal
by defendant; affirmed.
23. State v. N'elson, from Forsyth ; false pretense ; appeal by defend-ant
; new trial.
24. State v. Portee, from Richmond; assault with deadly weapon;
appeal by defendant; affirmed.
25. State v. Ross, from Pitt ; worthless check ; appeal by defendant
;
judgment arrested; error.
26. State v. Scoggins, from Polk; liquor; appeal by defendant;
affirmed.
27. State v. Scoggins, from Polk; resisting officer; appeal by defend-ant;
affirmed.
28. State v. Sizemore, from Stokes; violation game law; appeal by
defendant; affirmed.
29. State v. Sloan, from Person; murder, first degree; appeal by
defendant; affilrmed.
30. State v. Staley, from Wilkes ; forfeited recognizance ; appeal by
defendant ; affirmed.
31. State V. Sterling, from ISTew Hanover; murder, first degree;
appeal by defendant ; affirmed.
32. State v. Talley, from Transylvania; larceny; appeal by defend-ant
; new trial.
33. State v. Tart, from Harnett; carnal knowledge; appeal by de-fendant;
remanded.
Docketed aistd Disjjissed
34. State v. Allen, from Buncombe.
35. Stiate V. Bass, from "Wayne.
36. State v. Bynum, from "Wilson. ,'
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37. State v. Bay, from Carteret.
38. State v. Harris, from Edgecombe.
39. State v. Hayeslip, from Eorsytli.
40. State v. Massey, from Durham.
41. State V. McBryde, from Hoke.
42. State v. Plott, from Clay.
43. State v. Sharp, from Wilson.
44. State v. Shuler, from Cherokee.
45. State v. Uzzell, from Wayne.
EEBRUAHY TERM, 1931
46. State v. Casey, from Lenoir; murder, first degree; appeal by
defendant; affirmed.
47. State v. Caudle, from Guilford; embezzlement; appeal by de-fendant;
affirmed.
48. State v. Combs, from Surry ; housebreaking, etc. ; appeal by
defendant; affirmed.
49. State v. Doyle, from Halifax; carnal knowledge; appeal by de-fendant;
affirmed.
50. State v. Fields, from Vance; liquor; appeal by defendant;
affirmed.
51. State V. Hicks, from Person; liquor; appeal by defendant; new
trial.
52. State v. Lattimore, from Cleveland; violation banking law; ap-peal
by defendant ; affirmed.
53. State v. Levy, from Durham; larceny; appeal by defendant;
affirmed.
54. State v. Marion, from Davidson; murder, second degree; appeal
by defendant ; affirmed.
55. State v. Rhodes, from McDowell; murder, first degree; appeal
by defendant ; new trial.
56. State v. Rose, from Wilson; liquor; appeal by defendant; af-firmed.
57. State v. Shatley, from Wilkes ; seduction ; appeal by defendant
;
reversed.
58. State v. Steadman, from Polk; robbery; appeal by defendant;
affirmed.
59. State v. Vanderburg, from Gaston; C. C. W.—A. D. W. ; appeal
by defendant ; new trial.
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60. State v. Watkins, from "Wake; A. D. W., ajppeal by defendant;
new trial.
Docketed and Dismissed
61. State V. Fay, from Forsytli.
62. State v. Anderson, from Mecklenburg.
63. State v. Goldston, from Chatham.
64. State v. Oakes, from Guilford.
65. State v. Wilson, et al., from Catawba.
AUGUST TERM, 1931
66. State v. Arnold, from Craven; murder, second degree; appeal
by defendant ; affirmed.
67. State v. Ashe, from Cherokee; municipal ordinance; appeal by
defendant; reversed.
68. State v. Beal, from Cherokee ; burglary, etc. ; appeal by defend-ant;
affirmed.
69. State v. Best, from Cherokee ; larceny, etc. ; appeal by defendant
;
new trial.
70. State v. Brewer, from Wake; violation banking laws; appeal
by defendant; affirmed.
71. State V. Brigman, from Buncombe; abandonment; appeal by
defendant; new trial.
72. State v. Brock, et al., from Swain; larceny, etc.; appeal by de-fendant;
appeal dismissed.
73. State v. Brown, from Moore; abortion; appeal by defendant;
new trial.
74. State v. Casey, from Lenoir; murder, first degree; appeal by
defendant; (newly discovered evidence) error and remanded.
75. State v. Cox, from Pitt ; robbery ; appeal by defendant ; affirmed.
76. State v. Deal, from Burke ; manslaughter ; appeal by defendant
;
affirmed.
77. State v. Dowd, from Moore ; pei-jury ; appeal by defendant ; new
trial.
78. State v. Durham, from Guilford; manslaughter; appeal by de-fendant
; affirmed.
79. State v. Elmore, from Macon ; breaking, etc. ; appeal by defend-ant;
new trial.
80. State v. Gibson, from Buncombe; abandonment; appeal by de-fendant;
affirmed.
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81. State V. Goss, from Lee; miirder, first degree; appeal by defend-ant;
affirmed.
82. State v. Griffin, from Orange; murder, first degree; appeal by
defendant; affirmed.
83. State v. Guice, from Henderson; assault on female; appeal by
defendant; affirmed.
84. State v. Herring, E., from Sampson; murder, first degree; ap-peal
by defendant ; affirmed.
85. State v. Hildebran, from Burke; disorderly bouse; appeal by
defendant; affirmed.
86. In re: Hubbard, babeas corpus; reversed.
87. State V. Jones, from Greene; abandonment ; appeal by defendant
;
affirmed.
88. State v. Kirby, from Polk; aifray; appeal by defendant, re-manded.
89. State v. Lancaster, from Edgecombe; embezzlement; appeal by
defendant; affirmed.
90. State v. Latbingbouse, from Carteret ; manslaughter ; appeal by
defendant affirmed.
91. State V. Moore, from Davidson ; murder, first degree ; appeal by
defendant; affirmed.
92. State v. Morrison, from Cabarrus; housebreaking; appeal by
defendant; affirmed.
93. State V. Rhodes, M., from Henderson; embezzlement; appeal by
defendant ; affirmed.
94. State v. Rice, from Madison ; manslaughter, appeal by defendant
new trial.
95. State v. Shipman, from Transylvania; conspiracy; appeal by
defendant; affirmed.
96. State v. Shumaker, et al., from Iredell; liquor; appeal by de-fendant;
affirmed.
97. State v. Smith, from Vance; burglary, first degree-rape; appeal
by defendant ; affirmed.
98. State v. Spain, from Durham ; burglary, second degree ; appeal
by defendant ; new trial.
Docketed and Dismissed
99. State v. Cook, from Durham.
100. State V. Jones, from Johnston.
101. State V. Kiger, from Forsyth.
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102. State v. Kirby, from Haywood.
103. State v. Matthews, et al., from Rowan.
104. State v. McArtan, from Harnett.
105. State v. Eives, from Chatham.
106. State v. Turner, from Forsyth.
107. State v. "Weayer, from Harnett.
EEBRUAEY TERM, 1932
108. State v. Agnew, from Cabarrus ; A. D. W. ; appeal by defendant
;
new trial.
109. State v. Avant, from Scotland; murder, first degree; appeal
by defendant ; new trial.
110. State V. Boger, from Mecklenburg; manslaughter; appeal by
defendant ; new trial.
111. State V. Church, from Burke; arson; appeal by defendant;
reversed.
112. State V. Cole, from Robeson; violation banking laws; appeal by
defendant; affirmed.
113. State V. Cox, et al., from Pitt; robbery; appeal by defendant;
appeal dismissed.
114. State V. Davis, from Buncombe ; violation banking laws ; appeal
by defendant ; affirmed.
115. State V. Donnell, from Guilford; murder, first degree; appeal
by defendant ; affirmed.
116. State V. Ferrell, from Durham; manslaughter; appeal by de-fendant;
affirmed.
117. State V. Fleming, from Surry; manslaughter; appeal by de-fendant;
affirmed.
118. State V. Griffin, from Orange ; murder, first degree ; appeal by
defendant; appeal dismissed.
119. State V. Hauser, from Davie; murder, first degree; appeal by
defendant; new trial.
120. State v. Lea, et al., from Buncombe; conspiracy; appeal by
defendants; affirmed.
121. State V. Lefler, from Davie; A. & B.; appeal by defendant;
new trial.
122. State v. Livingston, from Wilkes; breaking, etc.; appeal by
defendant; new trial.
18 BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENEBAi [VqI.
123. State v. Lyon, from Guilford; malfeasance; appeal by defend-ant;
appeal dismissed.
124. State v. Mitchell, from "Wake; violation banking laws; appeal
by State; affirmed.
125. State v. Moore, from Davidson; murder, first degree; appeal
by defendant; appeal dismissed.
126. State v. Myers, from Pitt; murder, first degree; appeal by
defendant; affirmed.
127. State v. Myrick, from Burke; A. & B. ; appeal by defendant;
reversed.
128. State v. Myi-ick, from Burke; liquor; appeal by defendant;
reversed.
129. State v. McKay, from Brunswick ; seduction ; appeal by defend-ant;
affirmed.
130. State v. Posey, from Swain; murder, second degree; appeal by
defendant; affirmed.
131. State V. Rawls, from Pitt ; embezzlement ; appeal by defendant;
new trial.
132. State v. Simmerson, from Porsytb ; liquor ; appeal by defendant;
appeal dismissed.
133. State v. Smith, from Brunswick; embezzlement; appeal by
defendant; affirmed.
134. State v. Stansell, from Buncombe; manslaughter; appeal by
defendant ; new trial.
135. State v. Turpin, from Swain; liquor; appeal by defendant;
new trial.
136. State v. Whitehurst, et al., from Pitt; larceny; appeal by de-fendant;
affirmed.
Docketed and Dismissed
137. State v. Buftkin, from Columbus.
138. State v. Cain, from Forsyth.
139. State v. Edney, from Henderson.
140. State v. Farlow, from Montgomery.
141. State V. Koonce, et al., from Lenoir.
142. State v. McCall, from Hoke.
143. State v. Oliver, from Forsyth.
144. State v. Oliver, from Forsyth.
145. State v. Rector, from Burke.
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SUMMABY OF CaSES
Affirmed on defendant's appeal -. 62
New trial or reversed on defendant's appeal 36
Affirmed on State's appeal 1
Remanded on defendant's appeal 3
Judgment arrested 1
Venire de novo 1
Appeal dismissed 41
Total 145
CRIMINAL STATISTICS
STATEMENT A
The Following Statement Shows the Criminal Cases Disposed of I^f the Superior Courts
During the Fall Term, 1930, and Spring Term, 1931
Counties
a a
OQ
Alamance
Alexander
Alleghany
Anson
Ashe
Avery
Beaufort
Bertie
Bladen—
Brunswick
—
Buncombe
Burke
Cabarrus
Caldwell
Camden
Carteret
Caswell
Catawba
Chatham
Cherokee
Chowan
Clay
Cleveland
Columbus
Craven
Cumberland.
Currituck
Dare
Davidson
Davie
Duplin
Durham
Edgecombe..
Forsyth
FrankUn
Gaston
Gates
Graham
Granville
Greene
Guilford
Halifax
Harnett
Haywood ...
Henderson...
Hertford
Hoke .-
Hyde
125
116
10
45
45
209
45
171
167
9
21
31
73
24
87
16
40
165
189
78
113
7
9
210
80
53
189
49
348
31
273
31
63
77
28
348
146
no
226
71
47
16
1
183
4
3
56
20
13
13
105
8
75
41
4
11
17
6
37
13
52
51
81
123
15
1
57
29
45
232
111
377
41
100
56
139
31
208
189
60
12
15
80
39
23
184
168
27
58
56
281
48
235
204
13
31
47
76
60
93
21
40
212
235
153
223
22
10
248
102
95
372
143
640
71
351
82
63
202
59
520
320
167
222
83
121
46
28
49
19
24
263
72
119
122
13
42
28
283
41
117
180
10
32
37
77
46
71
14
28
153
152
110
128
18
9
203
59
52
308
103
585
52
186
59
27
177
37
436
283
115
87
58
94
38
22
2
11
1
22
10
38
17
13
12
22
20
8
35
18
12
29
7
4
28
42
24
28
4
1
30
18
9
34
27
120
17
51
12
2
19
12
77
25
20
37
18
23
7
34
32
37
79
29
20
3
134
16
33
19
9
43
25
35
113
10
9
2
1
76
63
25
308
84
202
172
30
58
58
314
53
246
209
13
32
48
79
61
100
22
40
217
242
159
236
22
10
267
109
98
421
160
725
72
373
87
63
216
59
559
335
170
238
86
127
47
31
BIENNIAI. EEPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENEBAX 21
STATEMENT A-Continued
Counties
Iredell
Jackson...
Johnston
Jones
Lee
Lenoir
Lincoln
Macon
Madison
Martin
McDowell
Mecklenburg
Mitchell
Montgomery
Moore
Nash-
New Hanover,.
Northampton..
Onslow
Orange
Pamlico
Pasquotank
Pender
Perquimans
Person..
Pitt
Polk
Randolph
Richmond
Robeson
Rockingham
Rowan t
Rutherford
Sampson
Scotland
Stanly...
Stokes
Surry
Swain.
Transylvania
Tyrrell
Union
Vance
Wake....
Warren
Washington
Watauga
Wayne
Wilkes..
Wilson
Yiadkin
Yancey
Total
74
39
86
42
27
109
45
120
no
41
388
321
8]
50
51
113
58
34
95
99
42
24
43
2
132
33
80
141
61
187
159
119
68
51
72
28
86
91
35
33
11
59
35
393
18
2
64
84
494
98
169
100
*9,605
34
1
40
29
23
82
18
9
10
45
37
330
24
43
133
184
95
56
81
38
37
68
7
74
58
12
50
87
89
101
93
22
42
38
11
36
11
5
5
50
45
395
44
16
3
91
27
131
18
3
5,780
57
62
99
40
122
67
49
172
63
125
115
85
408
596
75
73
76
232
221
126
147
169
76
58
105
9
199
181
140
313
250
196
86
93
110
37
120
101
36
35
15
108
73
743
54
15
65
166
492
203
177
97
14,545 902
23
125
48
43
130
47
67
76
68
182
398
65
31
67
123
ns
79
113
132
49
38
68
3
162
91
79
120
95
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