State v. Sheppard.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT against A. J. Sheppard, heard bj Judge E. B. Jones and a jury, at the April Term, 1906, of the Superior Court of Nash.
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INDICTMENT against A. J. Sheppard, heard bj Judge E. B. Jones and a jury, at the April Term, 1906, of the Superior Court of Nash. The defendant was convicted under the following bill of indictment: “The jurors for the State, upon their oath, present: That A. J. Sheppard, late of the county of Nash, on the 30th day of April, 1906, and for twelve months prior thereto, with force and arms, at and in the county aforesaid, was then and there unlawfully and wilfully engaged in carrying on the business of putting up lightning-rods, without first having paid the license tax and obtained the license…
1Opinion of the Court
Hoke, J.,
after stating the case: The bill of indictment charges the defendant with unlawfully carrying on the business of putting up lightning-rods in the county of Nash without having obtained license and paid the tax as required by law. There is also a count in the bill for unlawfully carrying on the business of selling lightning-rods under like circumstances. Both acts are made criminal offenses of the grade of misdemeanors by the State Eevenue Law in force at the time of the transaction, and on this bill of indictment there was a general verdict of guilty. It is well established that such…
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