State v. . Lawrence
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT, tried before Montgomery, Judge, at January Term, 1887, of Catawba Superior Court. The defendant was a dealer in intoxicating liquors, and was indicted for giving one gill of such liquors to Daniel Brinkley, junior, an unmarried person, knowing him at the time to be under the age of twenty-one years. Pie pleaded not guilty.
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INDICTMENT, tried before Montgomery, Judge, at January Term, 1887, of Catawba Superior Court. The defendant was a dealer in intoxicating liquors, and was indicted for giving one gill of such liquors to Daniel Brinkley, junior, an unmarried person, knowing him at the time to be under the age of twenty-one years. Pie pleaded not guilty. On the trial he offered evidence to show, that 'the father of the irifant named gave the defendant his permission to give his said son the spirituous liquors for his use. The Solicitor for the State, admitting that the witness ■could prove the fact, insisted…
1Opinion of the Court
Mekrimon, J.,
(after stating the facts). The statute (The Code, §§1077, 1078,) forbids in strong, peremptory terms, all •dealers in intoxicating “ drinks or liquors” to sell in any manner, or to give away to any unmarried person under the age of twenty-one years, knowing such person to be under that age, any such drinks or liquors, and makes it a misdemeanor and indictable to do so; and moreover gives the father, or if he be dead, the mother, guardian or employer of any minor to whom such sale or gift shall be made, a right of action against the guilty party, and in an action brought upon the…
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