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STATE v. TICKLE

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77 S.E.2d 632 (1953)

238 N.C. 206

STATE v. TICKLE.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

September 23, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry McMullan, Atty. Gen., Ralph Moody, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Gerald F. White, Member of Staff, Raleigh, for the State.

William Reid Dalton, Reidsville, for defendant, appellant.

PARKER, Justice.

The defendant in this Court made a motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction.

For a crime to be prosecuted and judgment given it is necessary that the trial court have jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the person of the defendant. Jurisdiction of the subject matter is derived from the law. State v. Oliver, 186 N.C. 329, 119 S.E. 370; 10 Am.Jur., p. 917.

The defendant came voluntarily into Caswell County, this state, and was...

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