STATE v. CARPENTER

No. 580.

56 S.E.2d 713 (1949)

231 N.C. 229

STATE v. CARPENTER.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 14, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry McMullan, Attorney General, Walter F. Brinkley, Member of Staff, Lexington, for the State.

A. P. Kitchin, Wadesboro, W. G. Pittman, Rockingham, R. Brookes Peters, Raleigh, E. O. Brogden, Jr., Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.


SEAWELL, Justice.

The rules and regulations adopted by the State Highway and Public Works Commission for the control and discipline of prisoners committed to its costody and intended for the guidance of those who have their immediate control cannot confer upon the latter immunity for disciplinary acts which would otherwise be offensive to the criminal law, unless the particular regulation, per se, is within the authority of the statute relied upon, and the statute...

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