¶1 . The court being evenly divided in opinion as to the validity of defendant’s assignments of error on his appeal from the judgment of the Superior Court, Brogden, J., not sitting, the judgment is affirmed, in accordance with the practice in this Court. This decision disposes of the appeal, without becoming a precedent. Parsons v. Board of Education, ante, 88, 156 S. E., 244; Gooch v. Western Union Telegraph Co., 196 N. C., 823, 146 S. E., 803, and cases cited.
¶2 Affirmed.