State v. . Wilson
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Disorderly House — Indictment. Indictment for keeping a Disorderly House, tried before Gudger, Judge, and a jury, at Fall Term, 1885, of the Superior Court of Jackson county. There was a verdict of guilty, and from the judgment thereon, the defendant appealed. The facts are fully set out in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The defendant is charged with keeping an ill-governed house, with the usual general averments that render it disorderly and an indictable nuisance at the common law. Upon his plea of not guilty, he was tried and convicted by the jury, and from the judgment rendered upon the verdict he appeals.
The evidence introduced to sustain the charge, in substance was, that the house was on a public highway, within a few feet of it, and a place where spiritons liquors were sold and drank, and near by was a distillery for their manufacture, operated by the defendant and one Lewis; that lewd behavior by a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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