State v. . Threadgill
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction — Violation of Municipal Laws. INdictment for misdemeanor under cli. Ill, § 31, Battle’s IRevisal, tried at Fall Term, 1875, of Anson Superior Court, ’before Buxton, J. The indictment charged defendant with selling spirituous 1-liquors, in violation of an ordinance of the town of Wades-boro. The facts, necessary to an understanding of the case, -are sufficiently stated in the opinion of this Court.
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Jurisdiction — Violation of Municipal Laws. INdictment for misdemeanor under cli. Ill, § 31, Battle’s IRevisal, tried at Fall Term, 1875, of Anson Superior Court, ’before Buxton, J. The indictment charged defendant with selling spirituous 1-liquors, in violation of an ordinance of the town of Wades-boro. The facts, necessary to an understanding of the case, -are sufficiently stated in the opinion of this Court. Verdict and judgment against the defendant; from which Ihe appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBynum, J.
The defendant is indicted in the Superior '-'Court for the violation of an ordinance of the town of Wadesboro. The defendant insists that the Court has no jurisdiction of the offence charged, and that His Honor erred .in his instructions to the jury.
I. The jurisdiction. The ordinance was passed in May, 1873, and prohibits the sale of spirituous liquors within the ‘town in the quantity of a quart or less, without the license «-of the Mayor and the payment of twenty-five dollars, under a penalty of ten dollars or ten days imprisonment. The State claims that the violation of this by-law is…
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