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        "text": "Per Curiam.\nTbe ease was settled by agreement of counsel. All tbe evidence in tbe case is by question and answer, and not in narrative form, and therefore does not comply with Rule 19 (4), Rules of Practice in tbe Supreme Court, 221 N.C. 544, p. 556.\nThis Rule is mandatory, and may not be waived by tbe parties. S. v. Powell, 238 N.C. 550, 78 S.E. 2d 248; Casey v. R. R., 198 N.C. 432, 152 S.E. 38; Bank v. Fries, 162 N.C. 516, 77 S.E. 678. See also Pruitt v. Wood, 199 N.C. 788, 156 S.E. 126.\nThis mandatory Rule will be enforced by this Court ex mero motu. Anderson v. Heating Co., 238 N.C. 138, 76 S.E. 2d 458, and cases cited. \u201cTbe Court has not only found it necessary to adopt them (tbe Rules), but equally necessary to enforce them and to enforce them uniformly.\u201d Pruitt v. Wood, supra, where many of our cases are cited in which appeals were disposed of for failure to comply with tbe Rules.\nAccording to our decisions tbe judgment will be affirmed, and tbe appeal dismissed, as no error appears in tbe Record proper.\nJudgment affirmed; appeal dismissed.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Attorney-General McMullan, Assistant Attorney-General Bruton, Gerald F. White, Member of Staff, and William P. Mayo, Member of Staff, for the State.",
      "Young & Taylor for defendant, appellant."
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    "head_matter": "STATE v. MARY B. McNEILL.\n(Filed 17 March, 1954.)\nAppeal and Error \u00a7\u00a7 20a, 31g: Criminal Law \u00a7 77b\u2014\nThe rule requiring that the evidence be set out in the record in narrative form is mandatory and may not be waived by the parties, and will be enforced by the Supreme Court ex mero motu, and failure to comply with the rule requires dismissal of the appeal in the absence of error appearing on the face of the record proper.\nAppeal by defendant from Burgwyn, Emergency J., September Criminal Term 1953 of HaeNett.\nJudgment affirmed; appeal dismissed.\nCriminal action tried on appeal from the Recorder\u2019s Court of Harnett County on a warrant charging the defendant with the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale.\n' The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and from the judgment imposed the defendant appealed.\nAttorney-General McMullan, Assistant Attorney-General Bruton, Gerald F. White, Member of Staff, and William P. Mayo, Member of Staff, for the State.\nYoung & Taylor for defendant, appellant."
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