ERVIN, Justice.
The law apportions original jurisdiction over criminal cases between the Superior Court and the justice of the peace in this fashion:
1. The Superior Court has original jurisdiction of all criminal actions in which the punishment may exceed a fine of fifty dollars, or imprisonment for thirty days. G.S. § 7-63; State v. Faulk, 154 N.C. 638, 70 S.E. 833; State v. Wiseman, 131 N.C. 795, 42 S.E. 826; State v. Addington, 121 N.C. 538, 27 S...
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