State v. Avery

The record contains eleven exceptive assignments of error. Only one of these, to wit, the exception to the refusal of the court to dismiss under G.S. 15-173, is brought forward and discussed in defendant’s brief. The others are deemed to be abandoned. Rule 28, Rules of Practice in the Supreme Court, 221 N.C. 562; S. v. Jones, 227 N.C. 94, 40 S.E. 2d 700; S. v. Muse, 230 N.C. 495, 53 S.E. 2d 529.

The demurrer to the evidence and motion to dismiss under G.S. 15-173 is untenable. The possession of any quantity of liquor upon which the Federal and State taxes have not been paid is, without…