State v. Harrill

• Decision Date: 27 September 1944
• Docket Number: 148.
• Citation: 31 S.E.2d 353,224 N.C. 477
• Parties: STATE v. HARRILL.
• Court: North Carolina Supreme Court

31 S.E.2d 353

224 N.C. 477

STATE v. HARRILL.

No. 148.

Supreme Court of North Carolina

September 27, 1944

The defendant was charged with prostitution. The jury returned verdict of guilty, and from judgment imposing sentence, defendant appealed.

Harry McMullan, Atty. Gen., and George B. Patton and Hughes J. Rhodes, Asst. Attys. Gen., for State.

Hamrick & Hamrick, of Rutherfordton, and T. J. Moss, of Forest City, for defendant.

DEVIN, Justice.

The record discloses that there was sufficient evidence offered by the State to carry the case to the jury on the charge of engaging in prostitution as defined by the statute. G.S. § 14-203. There was general verdict of guilty. The defendant offered no evidence.

Exception was noted to the admission by the court, over objection, of testimony tending to show the bad character of the three women who resided in the house occupied by the defendant. This testimony, together with evidence of the reputation of the house, is made competent by statute in cases of prostitution. G.S. § 14-206; State v. Waggoner, 207 N.C. 306, 176 S.E. 566; State v. Sinodis, 189 N.C. 565, 127 S.E. 601.

The exception that the judge's charge did not comply with G.S. § 1-180 cannot be sustained. State v. Dillard, 223 N.C. 446, 27 S.E.2d 85.

In the trial we find.

No Error.