State v. . Faucett

"The jurors for the State, upon their oath, present that John F. Faucett, late of the county of Caswell, laborer, on 7 May, 1828, with force and arms in the county of Caswell aforesaid, did sell and retail spirituous liquors by the small measure, to wit, by a measure less than a quart, without first having obtained a license according to law so to do, against the form of the statutes in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the State."

The defendant was convicted, and moved in arrest of judgment because the indictment did not aver that the retailing was to any…