NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 933

HOUSE BILL 1221

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 36 OF CHAPTER 7 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES RELATING TO THE COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT OF ANSON COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. G. S. 7-393, as the same relates to the jurisdiction and procedure in the Anson County Criminal Court, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph to read as follows:

"Provided that in the Anson County Criminal Court, written waivers of appearance shall be accepted when tendered in cases wherein the charge is speeding, not in excess of seventy miles per hour; and where bond is forfeited on charges of speeding, not in excess of seventy miles per hour, the same shall be deemed to constitute final judgment in the case."

Sec. 2. G. S. 7-394, as the same relates to jury trials in the Anson County Criminal Court, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a new sentence to read as follows:

"Provided that request for jury trial in the Anson County Criminal Court may be made by attorney and without the necessity of the defendant being present at the time of the making of the request."

Sec. 3. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of June, 1959.