NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

CHAPTER 343

SENATE BILL 324

AN ACT TO AMEND G. S. 7-204 AND TO REPEAL CHAPTER 280 OF THE PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF 1917 RELATING TO TRIALS BY JURY IN THE RECORDER'S COURT IN MIDDLE CREEK TOWNSHIP IN WAKE COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. G. S. 7-204 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

"This Section shall be inapplicable to all causes cognizable by the Recorder's Court of Middle Creek Township in Wake County, and on and after the effective date of this Act there shall be no jury trials in said court."

Sec. 2. If any defendant shall be charged with a crime within the jurisdiction of the Recorder's Court of Middle Creek Township in Wake County, and the defendant shall demand a jury trial in person or through counsel, the recorder shall transfer the case to the Superior Court of Wake County, and witnesses for the State shall be recognized to appear at the next ensuing term of Superior Court. The defendant shall give bond for appearance in the Superior Court in the same manner provided in the case of appeal to Superior Court, and in the same manner provided in case of the finding of probable cause in a felony.

Sec. 3. Section 20 of Chapter 280 of the Public-Local Laws of 1917, and all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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; provided, that it shall not apply to those cases pending in the court prior to the ratification thereof.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 3rd day of May, 1963.