State v. . Lockey

Pee Oueiam.

The defendant was tried and convicted on a warrant charging the possession of intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale “in violation of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, 1937, Public Laws of N. C.” Motions in the court below for judgment of nonsuit were denied. N. C. Code, 1935 (Michie), sec. 4643. An appeal was taken from the judgment upon a verdict of guilty by the jury. We think under the charge in the warrant the evidence was insufficient to be submitted to the jury and the motions for nonsuit should have been sustained.

The defendant was charged with a violation of section…