State v. . Whisenant
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT for unlawfully selling spirituous liquors, etc., and intoxicating eider, to one Jim Ramsey, tried before Ferguson, J., and a jury, August Term, 1908, of Bubke. ■Tim Ramsey, for the State, testified that he had bought such liquor, etc. There was dispute and contradictory testimony as to whether the cider sold was intoxicating.
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INDICTMENT for unlawfully selling spirituous liquors, etc., and intoxicating eider, to one Jim Ramsey, tried before Ferguson, J., and a jury, August Term, 1908, of Bubke. ■Tim Ramsey, for the State, testified that he had bought such liquor, etc. There was dispute and contradictory testimony as to whether the cider sold was intoxicating. On cross-examination the witness denied having gotten defendant to order any whiskey for the witness, and stated that the transactions between them were sales outright. Defendant, a witness in his own behalf, testified that he had never sold Jim Ramsey any…
1Opinion of the Court
HoKE, J\,
after stating the case: The laws of this' State have thus far not made the purchase of whiskey a criminal offense, when it is bought by the purchaser himself and for his own use. The statute which most nearly approaches this is section 3534,_ of Eevisal, which makes it criminal for one to procure whiskey for another by reason of an unlawful sale, and constitutes such a person the agent of the vendor in such an illegal transaction. We have so construed this statute at the present term. State v. Burchfield.
To bring one who procures whiskey for another under this statute, it will be…
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