NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 161

HOUSE BILL 158

 

 

AN ACT TO ABOLISH TRIALS BY JURY IN CRIMINAL CASES IN THE MUNICIPAL RECORDER'S COURT IN THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE RETURN OF WARRANTS TO SAID COURT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. In all criminal trials in the Municipal Recorder's Court of the City of Jacksonville, upon demand for a jury trial, by either the defendant or the prosecuting attorney, the judge of said court shall transfer said cause for trial to the Superior Court of Onslow County, and the defendant shall be required to execute a new and justified bond in such amount as may be fixed by the judge of said court, for the defendant's appearance at the next term of the Superior Court of Onslow County for the trial of criminal cases. The Superior Court of Onslow County is hereby vested with full and complete jurisdiction to try, determine and dispose of all criminal cases transferred to said Court by virtue of this Act.

Sec. 2. Section 1 of Chapter 365 of the Session Laws of 1953 is amended by striking out the period following the word "Court" in line eight of said Section, substituting a comma therefor and inserting before the word "Such" the words "or before the Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Jacksonville".

Sec. 3. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 4th day of April, 1961.