City of Lumberton v. Frederick

Appellee was prosecuted in the municipal court of the city of Lumberton for the crime of being in possession of intoxicating liquor in violation of an ordinance of said city. He was convicted, and from that judgment appealed to the circuit court, where there was a trial de novo resulting in verdict and judgment of acquittal. From that judgment appellant prosecutes this appeal under the authority of paragraph 2 of section 19 of the Code of 1930.

The evidence showed the appellee’s guilt to a moral certainty and beyond all reasonable doubt. In fact there was no conflict in the evidence as to his…