Smith v. . Best
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was an indictment for a misdemeanor, tried before Womack, J., at Fall. Term, 1890, of the Superior Court of Greene County. B. W. Taylor, for the State, testified: “ I bought liquor from defendant at his bar March, 1890.” The witness was asked, “ITow old are you reputed to be in your family?” Objected to by defendant. Objection overruled, and witness answered, “ I was nineteen years old last August.” Defendant excepted. Witness further testified, “ I am not married.
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This was an indictment for a misdemeanor, tried before Womack, J., at Fall. Term, 1890, of the Superior Court of Greene County. B. W. Taylor, for the State, testified: “ I bought liquor from defendant at his bar March, 1890.” The witness was asked, “ITow old are you reputed to be in your family?” Objected to by defendant. Objection overruled, and witness answered, “ I was nineteen years old last August.” Defendant excepted. Witness further testified, “ I am not married. I bought a half pint from defendant, and paid for it fifteen cents.” The defendant testified: “Sherman Taylor said he wanted…
1Opinion of the Court
Clark, J.:
The defendant testified that he knew that B. W. Taylor was a minor; that at the instance of another person, an adult, he furnished at his bar-room said minor and the adult with a drink each of spirituous liquor; that he refused to receive pay from the minor, but received it from the adult. Putting aside the palpable evasion of the law which was thus attempted, the fact remains that the minor, who was unmarried, received and drank spirituous liquor at the hands of the defendant. That he furnished it at the request of, and for a consideration paid by, the adult, makes the “dealer”…
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