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J u J C:" j 10 Gj .:.:: J Gc::ris
:fVrih , fcarolinas criouaal
-'carts get their biggest ' vpjume
jt business from pvptorista.'
And motorists eet frbroi1hje
i jior courts" of the Btatetreat-
fourth of the cases examined the
defendant - never - appeared? In
court ! He took advantage of one
of the various systems by which
appearance may be waived. The
r M that varies from cpurt,,tp uwuuw report pawn-mi wai
!urt4ccording to the methods although' the legality bf ,,these
, techniques, - thos v wurts, systems has beenf- "t:" Vt '
4 ve uesiguea wj di, weir iui
It tieeds" "wi.ivf v.l
j ini A.ieje uiit iuuuvthiihji
often little similarity! in the
tment -of motorist ' arid th
'- kedures of 'these lower" courts
r shdwri'kl'k studs' toiatle-farHhe
- I rth Carolina Bar Association's
C; mmittee Ori 'Improving "BJi
I. pedititig ,th? .dmiaislrajioi'
?' f Justice -by James - Albert
?use, 3r.r tf Chapel Hill, as
s , tsnt director of the lastltu'te
c (government. ' J. Spencer Bell
: ,; ft( Charlotte is chairman -bf the
dwrimltteeV' S,'V, 1
'"The research , work was ; done
., fn ihe more than 126,000 motor
; vehicle esses handled by,S2 'Su
"Wior ' Courts and .l5 inferloif
cdurts in 49?5. One-third of; the
II. 56r. criminal cases disposed, fbf
lr;the 81 Superior 'Courtsand,fendant was found not guilty, op
wa.thirds!of those in the BT; in-1 his case., was dismissed, noi
Iftibr . courts involve 1 qh$gesjprossed - or otherwise disposed
r
1
courts continue J 5
. In the bupen
found that only
motor vehicle cf
the trial nroces'
a not " EuUty ot
per cent of thesj, , ur'Jaoitti in i 55-mile zone,
victions.' Howeve,,' f-t. jli, .Cut'is ,neignbor,charged utn
number of cases; t'"i aVv:1 J:e-' kWcai Affense bi 4 nearby
guilt plus the co1,-,lrous..tiitcw'fe to ey Mily, court
to zMl or , 67.;?, -f.qlif he - costs amounting to "Jess'- than
cases ,in Which ."the -defanclant 'I'-many1 courts, ihe cost
- " COLLINS ind ECK rc man ad wife Twewieta
' . jidiij-roit wtrti.'7fi BRAVADQS" mi QfKdwSeopt.
wag the oser, - The . most ' used
form of punUhhient was fine andf
costs, which' was imposed in 3 I s
pef cent o ithe cases Imprison,
ment susperujed 'or fine andor
in t minor traffic offense is less
than $10, while in others, for the
same: violation, it is as much as
if $30. . " .
The report shows also that in
ftf "traffic j violations. The! Su-
perjor Courts, tried 1,33? drunken
ying cases r as ,. well , as T?5
Ipeeding c fXVl,, " 473' ' 1 reekJeas
driving -cases and 907 cases, cdn
C?rped with other motor vehicle
regulations. t
;jDf thei 199,709;. cMe handled;
by the inferior courts included
fat the study, 123,856 ' mvoWedl
fj Jtor vehicles, as s did ' 62.3; pe
ctM of all ' cases ' which were'
(ending in 1957 when, the. t re
Search' was done. .' There ,er
$3,765 speeding v cases,, ij,965
drunken driving cases, ", 876
reckless driving cases, . .41,107
cases dealing with other motor
Vehicle regulations, tnd 13,743f'in
Vtchv'yielationrv,pf,unal
afiCic ordinances were charged.!
vThis great bulk : of motor? ,e
hicle' cases has resulted Wthe
eeiablishment , of such plansas
wswer of faDpearance 'kn& Jtakh.
bond forfeitures end the use oti
justices of ,the peace-polioemen"
and, "clerks' of tt -ourtrpfa-
mea" ' for '"jfhe. eonvenfener-W
JhotH the'1 courts ' and the.'mtitor-
hl9i In fact, in .mora than .'fe
costs and imprisOnmetitsu'spend-tilfre- times as ; many-, pases, in
ed came next with -20.8 per .cent sartor. Court as. in the inferior
of . the cases, and agUve impris- courts elthr active or suspended
opment terms were imposed imprisonment terms - wlare im
9.4 per cent of them. (The,, de-'D0se4 ,,-the- median length of
those;, terms in Superior Court
was larger than in inferior
courts,; In drunken driving and
reckless, driving cases, imprison-
There was a . higher-: rate . of
.conviction in the inferior courts,
where only 12.1 per cent of -the
defendantSj'went free'of pjhish
ment. - Therethe most-prevalent
forms of punishment' were' costs
only and fine Und costs which
were generally imposed except
in drunken, driving cases.1 In,
these, a large'-'pereentage of the
punishments -included suspended
prison sentences; ' l '!
Frojt), analyzing- the cases, the
research staff reached the. con
clusion that while the. defendant
tried. in Superior Cqurt msy .re
ceive more severe punishment if
he is convicted, his chance, per-centage-wjse,
of, an acquittal is
much greater there than in the
inferior courts. . . ' :. .' ..'. ;
Many variations in the. lower
ment terms were y given more
often, in lower courts, and the
median term was about the same
for both. ' lower and Superior
Courts. '
,The committee also released a
report on jury trials in criminal
cases in the inferior courts, by
Bernard Harrell of the Institute
sta;ff. ' - '
This report shows that defend
ants who -wish trial by jury in
the inferior courts sometimes
have to make jury deposits vary
ing from $3 to $42, depending
upon the court.
only fine, .In pnjy'189 cases
did the1 judge L impose the costs
of court., vln contrast, .none of
the. defendants convicted in cases
tried, by 'juries received only 0
judgment' to : pay a fine and a
judgment pf f court costs' . alone
was . imposed in only 22; of402
convictions. ,1 The i ,. conclusion
reached was that judgments in
jury-tried . cases ' tend i to be
slightly, more harsh' than those
in . judge-tried cases:
. A man plunges intoipolitics
to : make his fortune, and only
cares that the World shall last
his days. R. W. Emerson.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
.LESSON .;
i
have separated ourselves from
God. Alienation from pod is a
stern judgment, The sin of omis-
SQPHIA WREN TELLS THE
STORY OF HER LIFE
however, they are not required
to make any such, deposits.
An ; analysis of the 17 inferior
courts in which jury trials were
held in 1956 shows that only 577
Sophia Loren tells the story of
her life to the American Weekly
in two articles published in the
Baltimore Sunday American.
Read how the impoverished
sometimes, small-town child rose to the spec-
coujA.P'iihmentst fines and of 37,673 cases were , heard by
costs totptted -foV miff samf 'at- Tb bveralfv percentage
i i
fences 'were founij in the study;
For (nstahce, in one court a mo
torisUsti.oay; a) 25 ,fhw jn
$17 m costs end retain' an attor
ney in order to waice' appear
ance on' a charge of speeding 85
of convictions in jury trials was
69.67 as compared with 76.0 in
oases tried by a judge alone. It
was also found that in 24 cases
tried by judges alone, the judg
ment was that the defendant pay
taculqr heights of international
stardom . . . how she met and
married her husband) and many
other exciting facta about her
Don't jniss "CAN THIS BE
ME?"-by Sophia, Loren . in the
September 26th Issue-of the
s r AMERICAN WEEKLY .
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Let us make 'up our minds to
be like the sheep, and not like
the goats, in the great parable we
have studied today. Let us, each
one of us, be able to hold our
heads high and face our Maker
with a clear conscience when the
time of judgment is at hand. '
(These comments era based . on
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Pligiouf Education, and used by
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gifts sent and prayers offered.
Your thoughtfulness will al
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CARD OF THANKS
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NOTICE OF SERVICE OF
PROCESS BY PUBLICATION
. State Of North Carolina
Perquimans County
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
Mattie A. Boyce, Plaintiff.
vs.
Mary Reynolds, Defendant.
To Mary Reynolds:
Take notice that, a pleading
seeking relief against you has
been filed in the above entitled
action.
The nature of the relief being
sought is as follows: To require
the defendant to convey to the
plaintiff a two acre tract of land
situate in Parkville Township,
Perquimans County. North Caro
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You are required to make de
fense to such pleading not later
than October 16, 1958. and uoon
your failure to do so the party
seeking service against you wiil
apply to the court for the relief
sought. . -
This, the 26th day of August.
1958.
" W.H. PITT. -'
Clerk Superior Court
WALTER G. EDWARDS,
Attorney for Plaintiff. v
- aug29.sept5.12.19.26
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
Having qualified as Administra
tor of the estate of C. W. Has
kett, deceased, late of Perquimans
County, North Carolina, this is to
notify all persons having claims
against the estate of said deceas
ed to exhibit them to the under
signed at Hertford! N. C. on or
before the 8th day of August, 1959
or- this notice will be pleaded in
bar of their recovery. All per
sons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate payment.
This 8th day of Aueust, 1958.
RAY HASKETT,
Administrator of
C. W. Haskett.
Augl5.22,29,Sept5.12,19
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
Having qualified as Administra
trix of the estate of John Q. Hur
dle., deceased, late of Perquimans
County, North' Carolina. tHiSiJ to,
notify all persons haying claims r.
against the estate of said deceased' .
to exhibit them to the undersign-'
ed at Durants Neck, N. C., on or ,
before the 12th day of August,
1959, or this notice will be plead
ed in bar of their .recovery.' AU
persons indebted to said estate,:
will please make immediate pay
ment.
This 12tti dav of August. 1958.. . -,
MRS. FANNIE E.
HURDLE,
I Administratrix of
I John Q. Hurd.e.
Augl5.22.29 Sept5.12.19
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
! Having qualified as Administra-f
I tor of the estate of Mrs. Elma
j Nona Raper, deceased, late oft
Perqu'mans County, North, Carq-j
I lina, this is to notify all persons,
j having claims against" the estate,
of said deceased to exhibit themf
to the undersigned at Rt. 2. Bel-"
I videre. N. C. on or before the:
12th day of September. 195?. on
tb'a notice will be pleaded in' ban
j of their recovery. All persons
indebted to said estate will please
; make immediate payment. .
This 12th day o September,
1953.
C. J. RAPER.
Administrator of '
Mrs F.lma Nona Raper '
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