State v. . Snow
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT for manufacturing spirituous liquors witbin two miles of Oak Grove Churcb in Surry county, tried before Brown, J., and a jury, at Eall Term, 1895, of Sueey Superior Court. By consent the jury returned a special verdict as follows : “Oak Grove Church is near Mt. Airy, Surry county (which is an incorporated town), and is one mile outside corporate line. The defendant operates a distillery within the limits of the town of Mt.
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INDICTMENT for manufacturing spirituous liquors witbin two miles of Oak Grove Churcb in Surry county, tried before Brown, J., and a jury, at Eall Term, 1895, of Sueey Superior Court. By consent the jury returned a special verdict as follows : “Oak Grove Church is near Mt. Airy, Surry county (which is an incorporated town), and is one mile outside corporate line. The defendant operates a distillery within the limits of the town of Mt. Airy, and his distillery is within two miles of Oak Grove Church, and within two miles of Male Academy, in Mt. Airy. Act 1893, chapter 298,.section 2, is part of…
1Opinion of the Court
Clark, J.:
Chapter 298, Acts 1893, “An act to pro- hi bit the sale of spirituous liquor in various localities”, gives, as is usual in such “omnibus” acts, an alphabetical list, “Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe,” &c., each name followed by a list of places within a certain distance of which the sale or manufacture of liquor is prohibited. The courts take judicial notice.of the political sub-divisions of the State, because they are prescribed by statute, State v. Ray, 97 N. C., 510. Seeing that in this list all the names ate those of counties, when Surry is reached it would be “sticking in the…
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