State v. . Patterson
Supreme Court of North Carolina
CRIMINAL ACTION, tried before Glarlc, Judge, at Pall Term, 1887, of Cabarrus Superior Court. It appears from.the special verdict, that the defendant sold within the county of Cabarrus, as charged in the indictment, one quart of spirituous liquors, to the person therein named, without having a license to sell such liquors by the quantity “of one quart and less than five gallons,” as required by the statute, (Acts 1887, Oh. 135, §31,) but it likewise further so appears, that…
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CRIMINAL ACTION, tried before Glarlc, Judge, at Pall Term, 1887, of Cabarrus Superior Court. It appears from.the special verdict, that the defendant sold within the county of Cabarrus, as charged in the indictment, one quart of spirituous liquors, to the person therein named, without having a license to sell such liquors by the quantity “of one quart and less than five gallons,” as required by the statute, (Acts 1887, Oh. 135, §31,) but it likewise further so appears, that the spirits so sold were the “ products” of the defendant’s own farm, which.he had the right to sell without a license…
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, C. J.,
(after stating the case). The church is designated in the same terms in the statute and in the indictment, and in our opinion, concurring with that of the Judge, sufficiently points out the locality in which the offence was committed. There is and has been but one church in the county to which either name has been applied, and the difference between “ Rocky Knoll ” and “ Rocky Ridge,” as designating the location of the church, is too slender to produce any uncertainty in identifying it. The name is manifestly suggested by the nature of the land whereon the building has been…
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