State v. . Barringer
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This is an indictment under chapter 4, Private Laws, 1891, for manufacturing spirituous liquors within three miles of the Orphans’ Home, at or near Barium Springs, tried before Mclver, J., at February Term, 1892, of Iredell Superior Court.
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This is an indictment under chapter 4, Private Laws, 1891, for manufacturing spirituous liquors within three miles of the Orphans’ Home, at or near Barium Springs, tried before Mclver, J., at February Term, 1892, of Iredell Superior Court. The State offered evidence tending to show that the corporation had been regularly organized under its charter, and elected the Superintendent,-Rev. R. W. Boyd, and other officers; that defendant had a distillery within three miles of said Home, and had operated the same before the passage of said act, and the establishment of said Home, but had suspended…
1Opinion of the Court
Clark, J.:
The Act of the Legislature (Private Acts, 1891, cli. 4),.authorized the establishment of an Orphans’ Home at or near Barium Springs in Iredell County, and forbade, among other things, the manufacture of spirituous or malt liquors within three miles thereof. The Orphans’ Home was established at that point, and the defendant thereafter manufactured spirituous liquor within the forbidden distance without written permission of the Superintendent thereof as provided by the act.
The power of the Legislature to make such enactments is beyond question (State v. Stovall, 103 N. C., 416; State…
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