State v. . Smith
Supreme Court of North Carolina
DEFENDANT was tried and convicted at January Term, 1917, of Gas-ton, before Cline, J., upon a warrant charging him with violating the following ordinance of the city of Gastonia: “Fresh Meat Peddler.
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DEFENDANT was tried and convicted at January Term, 1917, of Gas-ton, before Cline, J., upon a warrant charging him with violating the following ordinance of the city of Gastonia: “Fresh Meat Peddler. That every itinerant merchant or peddler selling or offering to sell, beef, pork, mutton, or any other fresh meat in the city of Gastonia shall pay a privilege tax of $25 per annum; and that any itinerant merchant or peddler selling or offering to sell pork, beef, mutton, or any other fresh meat of any kind in the city of Gastonia without having first paid the privilege tax required in this…
1Opinion of the CourtBeowN, J.
It is admitted that the exemption “under the general laws of the State” referred to in the ordinance is as follows: “Any person who shall carry from place to place any goods, wares, or merchandise, and offer to sell or barter the same, or actually sells or barters the same, shall be deemed to be a peddler, and shall pay a license tax as follows: . . . This section shall not apply to those who sell or offer for sale books, periodicals, printed music, ice, fuel, fish, vegetables, fruits, or any articles of the farm or dairy or articles of their own individual manufacture, except medicines or…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. Spaugh.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1901
3Cited by1 opinion
- Lawing v. LawingCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1986