State v. . Dowdy
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT for unlawfully selling spirituous liquors, tried before Neal, J., and a jury, at February Term, 1907, of tbe Superior Court of Chaven County. Defendant was convicted and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment in tbe county jail, and thereupon excepted and appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Iíoice, J.
Tbe various questions raised by the exceptions have been heretofore resolved against the defendánt, and we find no error which entitles him to a new trial. Objection is made that the bill of indictment is not sufficiently definite and specific, in that it does not give the name of the person or persons to whom the alleged unlawful sale was made.
There are three counts in the bill — -the first two charging an -unlawful sale to a person or persons to jurors unknown, and the third charging that defendant was unlawfully carrying on the business of selling spirituous liquors in prohibited…
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