Legal Opinion

State v. . Boynton

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided May 24, 1911PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Appeal from Ooundll, Jat tbe November Term, 1910, of BUNCOMBE. Criminal action, charging illicit sale of whiskey in the city of Asheville to one O. M. Laughter, tried on appeal fro-m the police justice, before his Honor, W. B. Qouncill, judge, and a jury, at Superior Court of Buncombe County, November Term, 1910. On the part of the State, O. M. Laughter, the alleged purchaser of the whiskey, testified as follows: “That on 6 October, 1910, he bought a pint of rye liquor from…

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Appeal from Ooundll, Jat tbe November Term, 1910, of BUNCOMBE. Criminal action, charging illicit sale of whiskey in the city of Asheville to one O. M. Laughter, tried on appeal fro-m the police justice, before his Honor, W. B. Qouncill, judge, and a jury, at Superior Court of Buncombe County, November Term, 1910. On the part of the State, O. M. Laughter, the alleged purchaser of the whiskey, testified as follows: “That on 6 October, 1910, he bought a pint of rye liquor from the defendant, at No. 33 South Main Street, and paid him 15 cents therefor, giving in detail the circumstances under…

1Opinion of the Court

Hoke, J.,

after stating the case. Our statute, section 2060, Revisal, provides in effect, “That the possession of or issuance to any person of a license to manufacture, sell, or rectify whiskey by the United States Government, in any county, city, or town where such manufacture, sale, etc., are prohibited by law, shall be prima facie evidence that the person having such license or to whom the same was issued is guilty of doing the act pei’mitted by such license in violation of the laws of the State,” etc. The occasion for the enactment of such a law and its application to a state of facts not…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State v. Exum.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
  2. State v. . BarberSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1893
  3. State v. IllsleySupreme Court of Iowa · 1890
  4. State v. BlackSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1897

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. State v. McClainSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1954
  2. State v. WilkinsCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1977
  3. State v. . LoveSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1948
  4. State v. GraceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1975
  5. State v. RichardsonCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1978

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