State v. Johnston.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT against Monroe Johnston for retailing spirituous liquors without license, heard by Judge C. M. Códice and a jury, at August Term, 1905, of the Superior Court of MecKXenbueg County. Upon the special verdict set out in the record, His Honor held that the defendant was not guilty. The solicitor for the State prosecutes this appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBeown, J.
It is unnecessary to set out the lengthy special verdict. It appears therein that the sale of liquor is prohibited in the city of Charlotte, and'was on July 15, 1905 ; that on the evening of July 15, 1905, Tom Brown, between the hours of 6 and 7 o’clock n. m., near the Southern depot in the city of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, met the accused,-Monroe Johnston. The said Monroe Johnston told him that he was going to Salisbury, and wanted to know if he wanted any whiskey. Tom Brown told him that he wanted a half gallon of whiskey. Monroe Johnston, the prisoner, agreed to bring…
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