Duplin County Attorney Ingram
Appointed Military Magistrate
Charles M. Ingram has
Recently been appointed a
"ilitary magistrate for the
Navy-Marine Corps Tide
water are?, which encom
passes the Norfolk Naval
Base and the military instal
lations in the surrounding
Hampton Roads (Virginia)
vicinity. The Tidewater area
contains approximately
70,000 service members.
Ingiam', a Lieutenant
^Tommander (LCDR) in the
Judge Advocate General's
Crops (JAGC), U.S. Naval
Reserve, was appointed by
Rear Admiral J.F. Frick,
Commander Naval Base,
upon recommendation of
Captain Richard D.
DcBobes, Commanding
Officer of the Naval Legal
Services office, Norfolk.
Military magistrates are
appointed by the comman
ders exercising general
court-martial authority, pur
suant to instructions of the
Secretary of the Navy.
Magistrates conduct pre-trial
hearings in cases where
service members have been
charged with violation of the
Uniform Code of Military
Justice (UCMJ), and have
been placed in pre-trial con
_finement.
y The purpose of military
magistrates is three-fold: to
determine if there is prob
able cause to believe that an
offense has been committed,
and that the service member
committed it; if there is
apparent court-martial juris
diction over the service
member for the offense in
volved; and if the service
member should continue in
^ire-trial confinement.
A 'ngram stated that military
magistrate hearings combine
some of the functions of the
first appearance and prob
able cause hearings in North
Carolina criminal procedure.
"Since there is no provision
for monetary bail in the
military justice system, the
key factors for consideration
are the seriousness of the
^charge and measures neces
Btary to insure the presence of
the accused at trial. The
UCMJ mandates that an
accused person may be con
fined prior to trial only where
other less onerous measures
have been attempted and
determined to be inade
quate," Ingram said.
"The primary purpose is
to make certain that all
constitutional and other
fights and protections are
Afforded the accused. Of
course, the special needs and
requirements of the military -
service must be considered.
But even with the imitations
inherent in a system of
military justice, the provi
sions of the UCMJ are in
many instances more atten
tive tQ procedural safeguards
of the rights of individuals
-than our civilian courts fre
quently are. I have been
greatly impressed with the
general fairness of the mili
tary justice system."
LCDR Ingram has assisted
with the prosecution of
courts-martial, and has been
certified by the Judge Advo
cate General of the Navy as
both a trial counsel (prose
cutor) and defense counsel.
His other experience
includes legal assistance.
Rnd claims, in which latter
capacity he represents the
government in medical mal
practice and other matters
under the Federal Tort
Claiihs Act. He has com
pleted courses in the Uni
form Code of Military Justice
and Military Justice in the
Navy, and completed with
honors the U.S. Naval Jus
tice School at Newport, R.I.
Ingram currently is
assigned to Naval Reserve
Legal Services Office Oceana
Detachment 207 commanded
by Capt. Z. Creighton Brin
son of Tarboro. His duties
include service as division
officer and assistant training
LCDR Charla* Ingram
officer. His military magis
trate duties will -be per
formed while on periods of
active duty for training with
the Navy.
Ingram is a member of the
Naval Reserve Association,
Reserve Officers Associa
tion. American Legion, Vet
erans of Foreign Wars, and
other professional military
associations.
He holds a Bachelor of
Arts degree from UNCH-CH
and the Doctor of Jurispru
dence degree from the Cum
berland School of Law. He is
a member of the Bar of the
State of North Carolina; the
U.S. District Court, East' n
District of North Caroli a:
U.S. Court of Appca. .
Fourth Circuit; and U.S.
Court of Military Appeals,
Washington, D.C.
Ingram is presently en
gaged in the private general
practice of law in partnership
with his wife, under the firm
name of Ingram and Ingram
with offices in Kcnansville.
He is married to the former
Carolyn F.. Burnette of Lake
Junaluska and they reside in
Warsaw. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. raul Ingram of
Kcnansville.
WEDDING INVITATION - Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Ray Bostic
of Beulaville announce the approaching marriage of their
daughter. Tina Gwyn. to Randall Kennedy, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph James Kennedy of Route 2, Beulaville. A July
25th wedding is planned for three o'clock in the afternoon
at the Beulaville Missionary Baptist Church in Beulaville.
No local invitations are being mailed. All relatives and
friends are invited.
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Today the average
American has one reaction
when confronted with the
subject of taxes, and that
reaction is to cut taxes. No
one today could imagine
suggesting that taxes be
raised, but in 1906 a group of
Duplin citizens requested a
tax increase to the Duplin
County commissioners!
Americans have raised
taxes to pay for numerous
social programs, the de
velopment of a transporta
tion system, educational
programs and institutions,
national defense, and the list
continues. The average
American cannot even begin
to list all the programs paid
for by tax dollars. But, even
the politicians agree there is
a need to balance the na
tional budget and this could
possibly mean a reduction in
the programs offered to the
taxpayer.
How do you decide what
program is the least im
portant, and would be of
limited benefit -- is there
such a program? Or, do vou
stop progress within a pro
gram and just maintain the
present system to save tax
dollars? And, with each pro
gram cut and each program
cut-off at a limit a string of
unemployed people begin to
appear. Some of the unem
ployed come from the direct
abolishment of a program
and others come from a chain
reaction of limiting growth.
With each unemployed per
son there becomes one less
taxpayer and less money
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being collected to pay the
national debt.
However, the politicians in
Washington continue to
guess at solutions to possibly
end the current recession
and the average Americans
continue to grit their teeth
and wish for a tax break.
The Duplin County Board
of Commissioners were faced
with an entirely different
problem than we have today
during a June meeting in
1906.
Judge A.J. Blanton pro
vided the January 24. 1935
issue of the DUPLIN TIMES
with an article published in a
1906 newspaper. The article
was a petition presented to
the 1906 Duplin commis
l
stoners by county citizens.
"Petition to Board of
Duplin County Commis
sioners From It's Citizens to
Levy A Tatt": We the under
signed citizens of Duplin
County respectfully petition
your Honorable Board that at
your June meeting, 1900,
you levy a tax not to exceed
15 cents on the $100 valu
ation of property, and 45
cents on each poll to provide
a road fund for the purpose
of building permanent roads
in Duplin County and that
you organize a convict force
for work upon such roads.
Respectfully, R.D. Carr,
Charles J. Southerland, J.W.
Johnson, H.C. Carr, D.H.
Wallace. Yancey Albertson.
and J.W.R. Bass.
The current North Carolina
transportation system has
been a topic of concern
during the cutting of funds to
balance the state budget.
And. special taxes have been
suggested to replace funds
lost to budget cuts from the
Department of Transporta
tion. The agricultural state of
North Carolia depends on its
roads to transport crops to
market
Local citizens in Duplin
and other North Carolina
counties have petitioned and
suggested special taxes and
paid them willingly since the
early 1900s in order to have
decent farm - to ? marke^
roads. Today we should take
a close look at the highway
system in the state and
continue to support efforts to
maintain and improve our
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