State v. Barrett.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT against Sampson Barrett, beard by Judge M. H. Justice and a jury, at tbe November Term, 1904, of tbe Superior Court of Union County. Defendant was charged with unlawfully and wilfully keeping for sale, etc., spirituous liquors contrary to tbe form of tbe statute, etc. Upon a plea of not guilty the State introduced one J. A. Williams, wbo testified tbat on tbe night in question witness and Mr. Bivens went up tbe road to see if they could bead tbe defendant off.
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INDICTMENT against Sampson Barrett, beard by Judge M. H. Justice and a jury, at tbe November Term, 1904, of tbe Superior Court of Union County. Defendant was charged with unlawfully and wilfully keeping for sale, etc., spirituous liquors contrary to tbe form of tbe statute, etc. Upon a plea of not guilty the State introduced one J. A. Williams, wbo testified tbat on tbe night in question witness and Mr. Bivens went up tbe road to see if they could bead tbe defendant off. Tbat about a mile or two from town they met him. He bad two five gallon kegs of corn whiskey, a one-balf gallon jug and one…
1DissentBrown, J.
Defendant was charged with unlawfully and willfully keeping for sale, etc., spirituous liquors contrary to the form of the statute, etc. Upon a plea of not guilty the State introduced one J. A. Williams, who testified that on the night in question witness and Mr. Bivens went up the road to see if they could head the defendant off. That about a mile or two from town they met him. He had two five-gallon kegs of corn whiskey, a one-half gallon jug, and one pint in a bottle, a little over a mile from town; he went on the public road in a top buggy. Whiskey was covered over with a lap robe. Said…
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