State v. Coleman
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Harding, Jat tbe August Term, 1919, of Bubke. This is a criminal action, and from tbe judgment upon tbe verdict the defendant appealed to this Court. Tbe indictment, upon which he was tried, charged: (1) Possession of liquor with the purpose of sale. (2) Beceipt of more than one quart at a time. (3) Beceipt of more than one quart at a time in a single package. (4) Transportation of the liquor.
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Appeal by defendant from Harding, Jat tbe August Term, 1919, of Bubke. This is a criminal action, and from tbe judgment upon tbe verdict the defendant appealed to this Court. Tbe indictment, upon which he was tried, charged: (1) Possession of liquor with the purpose of sale. (2) Beceipt of more than one quart at a time. (3) Beceipt of more than one quart at a time in a single package. (4) Transportation of the liquor. The defendant was convicted on the last three counts, and acquitted on the first. • The evidence of-the State-tended to show that the defendant, on the night of 13 June, 1919,…
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
The defendant is indicted in the first count under chapter 44, Laws 1913, and in the second, third, and fourth counts under chapter 07, Laws 1915, and these statutes cover the several offenses charged in the indictment.
The exceptions are to the charge, and it is well to consider the second and third first, as the first and fourth instructions relate to the same count.
The objection of the defendant to the second instruction is to the use of the words, “he stated that on the stand,” upon the ground it represented the evidence of the defendant incorrectly, but it will be observed his Honor was…
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