State v. . Williams
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Indictment, tried before Gilmer, Judge, and a jury, at September Term, 1886, of Richmond Superior Court. The defendant is charged with selling spirituous liquor to one Nathan Thomas, within five miles of Bethel Church, in the county of Richmond, in violation of §5, chapter 234, of the acts passed at the session of the General Assembly held in 1881, and upon his trial was found guilty, and adjudged to pay a fine of five dollars, at Fall Term, 1886. From this judgment he…
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Indictment, tried before Gilmer, Judge, and a jury, at September Term, 1886, of Richmond Superior Court. The defendant is charged with selling spirituous liquor to one Nathan Thomas, within five miles of Bethel Church, in the county of Richmond, in violation of §5, chapter 234, of the acts passed at the session of the General Assembly held in 1881, and upon his trial was found guilty, and adjudged to pay a fine of five dollars, at Fall Term, 1886. From this judgment he appeals to this Court
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The section declares, “that the sale of spirituous liquors shall be prohibited within five miles of the following places, to-wit:” designating among other places, “ Bethel, Silver Grove, Holly Grove, and Carfchages Creek churches in Richmond county.
At the late session, this statute, as affecting the locality of Bethel Church, was repealed, and an enactment that went into operation on March 7th, 1887, was substituted, which, among other provisions, narrowed the limits of the prohibited territory to the distance of two miles from that church, and made the sale of spirituous liquors therein an…
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