State v. . Emery
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was an indictment, tried before Shepherd, Judge, at the March Term, 1887, of Wake Superior Court. There were three counts in the indictment, to the first two of which a nol. pros, was entered, and the defendant was tried upon the third only, which charged: “That the said A V. Emery, on the day and year last aforesaid, at and in the county aforesaid, wilfully and unlawfully did sell and retail unto Lafayette Nash spirituous liquor, by a measure and quantity less than a…
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This was an indictment, tried before Shepherd, Judge, at the March Term, 1887, of Wake Superior Court. There were three counts in the indictment, to the first two of which a nol. pros, was entered, and the defendant was tried upon the third only, which charged: “That the said A V. Emery, on the day and year last aforesaid, at and in the county aforesaid, wilfully and unlawfully did sell and retail unto Lafayette Nash spirituous liquor, by a measure and quantity less than a quart, to-wit, by the pint, he, the said A. V. Emery, not then and there having a license to sell and retail spirituous…
1Opinion of the Court
Davis, J.,
(after stating the case). We can see no error in refusing the instruction asked for, nor can we see any error in the charge given by his Honor. The production of the license, if there was one, was a question of evidence. The-defendant says, “the State must show that there was no license, because it alleged, and it was necessary for it to allege, that he had none.” The contrary has Been adjudged and settled by authority and conclusive reasoning. The license, if it exist at all, must be in the possession of the defendant, and ever since the case of the State v. Morrison, 3 Dev. Law,…
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