State v. . Ray
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was an indictment, tried at October Term, 1891, of Buncombe Criminal Court, Garter, J., presiding. The indictment charges that the defendant “did, on the first day of September, 1891, and on other days both before and since said date, unlawfully and wilfully sell to one A. M. Smith, of the county and State aforesaid, a certain railroad ticket issued by a railroad company, to-wit, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, he, the said C. F. Ray, not being a duly authorized…
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This was an indictment, tried at October Term, 1891, of Buncombe Criminal Court, Garter, J., presiding. The indictment charges that the defendant “did, on the first day of September, 1891, and on other days both before and since said date, unlawfully and wilfully sell to one A. M. Smith, of the county and State aforesaid, a certain railroad ticket issued by a railroad company, to-wit, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, he, the said C. F. Ray, not being a duly authorized agent of said railroad company, and without having exhibited his authority to sell said ticket, contrary to the form of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Mbrrimon, C. J.:
The defendant is indicted for a violation of the statute (Acts 1891, ch. 290, § 1) which prescribes “ that it shall be unlawful for any person to sell or deal in. tickets issued by any railroad company unless he is a duly authorized agent of said railroad company, and it shall be the duty of said agent to exhibit his authority to sell or deal in said tickets, and the company whose agent he is shall be responsible for his acts as such agent. . That any violation of this law shall be a misdemeanor.”
The important words that limit and define the grievance thus prohibited are “ to…
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