State v. Duncan
Decision Date | 23 September 1942 |
Docket Number | 74. |
Citation | 21 S.E.2d 822,222 N.C. 11 |
Parties | STATE v. DUNCAN. |
Court | North Carolina Supreme Court |
21 S.E.2d 822
222 N.C. 11
STATE v. DUNCAN.
No. 74.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
September 23, 1942
This is a criminal action and originated in the General County Court of Buncombe County, N. C. On December 31, 1940, by order of the Judge of said Court, this and all other cases pending in the General County Court of Buncombe County were transferred to the Superior Court of said County. The aforesaid order of transfer was ratified by an Act of the General Assembly, Chapter 69, Public-Local Laws of 1941. The additional facts pertinent to this appeal are set forth in the following order:
"This cause coming on to be heard before His Honor, Jeff D Johnson, Jr., Judge presiding at the May Criminal Term, 1942 of the Superior Court of Buncombe County, and the Solicitor having made a motion in the cause to strike out the order entered by His Honor, A. Hall Johnston, Judge presiding at the April Term, 1941, as appears of record, for that the court was without jurisdiction or authority to enter said order, and for further order requiring the defendant to pay into court for the use and benefit of the defendant's illegitimate child a certain weekly sum, and the Court having heard certain evidence, finds the following facts:
"(1) That the defendant pleaded guilty in the General County Court of Buncombe County on the 16th day of September, 1939, to the charge of bastardy, wherein it was alleged and charged that he was the father of and had willfully failed and refused to support his illegitimate child, Phillip, the son of Ollie Belle Reaves, born April 4, 1939, and thereupon the defendant was ordered by the Court to pay into Court for the support of said child the sum of $3.00 per week.
"(2) That subsequent orders were made in said cause continuing the payments, to-wit, October 2, 1939, and May 4, 1940, and that at the December Term, 1940, at the request of the defendant and upon his motion, the payments at the rate of $3.00 per week were continued but the said defendant was allowed to make said payments direct to Ollie Belle Reaves for the use and benefit of said Phillip Reaves instead of paying the same into the office of the Clerk of the Court.
"(3) That at the April Term, 1941, an order was signed by His Honor, A. Hall Johnston, attempting to strike out all previous orders and decrees entered in said cause, and all of the aforesaid orders are referred to and made a part of these findings.
"(4) That at the instance of the defendant an affidavit was prepared by him and signed by the prosecuting witness to the effect that the defendant was not the father of her illegitimate child, but the Court finds as a fact that said affidavit was made by the prosecutrix, Ollie Belle Reaves, at the request and instance of the defendant and upon the representation of the defendant that by having the criminal charge dismissed he would be able to improve his standing with the Civil Service Commission and earn substantially more and that he would thereafter pay an additional amount towards the support of his illegitimate child, Phillip Reaves.
The Court is of the opinion, and so finds, upon all the evidence that the defendant is the father of the illegitimate child born to Ollie Belle Reaves, notwithstanding the affidavit which the defendant procured; and upon consideration of the entire record, including the defendant's plea of guilty and the evidence offered at this hearing and the findings of the Court based thereon:
"It Is Thereupon Ordered, Adjudged and Decreed that the defendant be, and he is hereby required to pay into the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Buncombe County the sum of $3.00 per week for the support of his illegitimate child, the first of said payments to be due and payable on May 23rd, 1942, and subsequent weekly payments to be made each week thereafter until the further orders of the Court, and the order of His Honor, A. Hall Johnston, entered at the April Term, 1941, to the extent of its conflict, if any, with the provisions of this order, is hereby modified. Jeff D. Johnson, Jr., Judge Presiding."
From the foregoing order, the defendant appeals and assigns error.
Harry McMullan, Atty. Gen., and George B. Patton and Hughes J. Rhodes, Asst. Attys. Gen., for the State.
J Scroop Styles and Claude L. Love, both of...
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