This appeal presents tbe identical question decided by tbis Court in S. v. Sloan, ante, p. 547, tbis day filed. On authority of tbe opinion in that case, tbe judgment below is
Reversed.
State v. Bennett, 238 N.C. 549 (1953)
Nov. 4, 1953
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Supreme Court of North Carolina
238 N.C. 549
STATE v. WOODROW BENNETT.
(Filed 4 November, 1953.)
Appeal by the State from Stevens, I., June Term, 1953, CeaveN.
Criminal prosecution under two warrants issued out of the County Recorder’s Court of Craven County. Defendant is charged in each warrant with a violation of the motor vehicle law. In the court below the two warrants were consolidated for trial. Thereupon, the court, upon motion of the defendant, quashed the warrants for that the Recorder’s Court of Craven County was without jurisdiction of the offenses therein charged. The State excepted and appealed.
Attorney-General McMullan and Assistant Attorney-General Moody for the State.
Charles L. Abernethy, Jr., for defendant, appellee.