Page 6-The Perquimans Weekly, Hertford, N. C, Thursday, May 30, 1974
This Is The Law
By KOBKRT E. LER
ASSISTING POLICE
OFFICER
Is it a criminal offense for
a citizen to wilfully neglect
or refuse to assist in the
arresting of a person when
he is so commanded by a
police officer?
Yes. A sheriff or other
officer of the law may
require a bystander to assist
him in making an arrest.
. A sheriff or his deputy
may command any citizen
to accompany him on a trip
to arrest a person or to
execute a legal process. If
the citizen wilfully refuses
or neglects to do so, he is
himself guilty of a crime. A
North Carolina statute
expressly so provides.
To the person summoned
by a lawful officer to come
to his-aid in making an
drrest. the nature of the
offense and the name of the
person to be arrested is
immaterial. "It is not for
him to ask the reason why."
It is his duty as a good
citizen, and in obedience to
the authority of the State as
represented by a lawful
officer, to aid in the arrest.
;The guilt or innocence of
the party to be arrested does
not impair the authority of
the police official to com
mand assistance.
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A State highway
patrolman was having
trouble in placing under
arrest a soldier who was
driving a stolen automobile.
The patrolman called upon
' Robert James to aid him in
making the arrest. James
responded to the request
and while aiding the
patrolman in taking the
soldier into custody, the
soldier kicked him to the
ground and in the course of
the struggle inflicted serious
injuries on James.
James suffered a broken
leg and other injuries
requiring extensive hospital
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and medical treatment and
loss of time from work. May,
James recover from the
State of North Carolina for
the damages he has
sustained?
There is no general law
under which he may
recover. Yet, if James had
failed to aid the officer upon
request to do so he could
have been charged with a
crime.
This was an actual
situation arising in North
Carolina in 1957.
Recognizing the injustice of
the situation, the General
Assembly in 1959 enacted a
special act authorizing the
North Carolina Industrial
Commission to investigate
the claim of Robert James,
Bridge Results
Mrs. T. W. Wilson was
hostess to her bridge club
Thursday at a luncheon at
her home on Front Street.
Guests included Mrs. S. M.
Whedbee, Mrs. J. H.
Newbold, Mrs. S. P. Jessup,
Mrs. C. A. Davenport, Mrs.
T. B. Sumner, Mrs. J. R.
Futrell, Mrs. C. R. Holmes,
and Mrs. Grace Llewellyn.
Mrs. Davenport was high
score winner at bridge.,
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and upon satisfactory proof
of the facts as stated, to pay
to him a sum not in excess of
two thousand dollars.
If a similar situation-,
should arise in the future,
the injured claimant could
recover only upon the
passage of a bill applicable
to the named claimant and
not in excess of the amount
determined by the General
Assembly.
WEEK-END AT
NAGSHEAD
Mr. and Mrs. S. M.
Whedbee spent the week
end at their cottage at Nags
Head.
RICHMOND GUEST
Mrs. W.B.Huxter of Rich
mond, Va. is a guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Edgar White.
Rfu'ss Ruby White en
tertained, her bridge club
Tuesday night at her home
on Church Street. Those
playing were Mrs. H. C.
Stokes, Mrs. G. W. Barbee,
Mrs. John Coston, Mrs. T. L.
Jessup, Mrs. Jack Kanoy,
Mrs. Herbert Nixon, Miss
Mary Sumner, and the
hostess.
Mrs. Kanoy won the high
score prize. A sweet course
was served.
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