State v. . Stevenson
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was a CRIMINAL ACTION, tried at July Term, 1891, of the Criminal Court of New PIanover, County, Meares, J., presiding, similar to that of State v. French, ante, except that the jury found in the special verdict these additional facts: “ That during the said six months the said defendants also bought and sold within the -said State large quantities of goods, wares and merchandise, including farm products which were not purchased from the producer.
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This was a CRIMINAL ACTION, tried at July Term, 1891, of the Criminal Court of New PIanover, County, Meares, J., presiding, similar to that of State v. French, ante, except that the jury found in the special verdict these additional facts: “ That during the said six months the said defendants also bought and sold within the -said State large quantities of goods, wares and merchandise, including farm products which were not purchased from the producer. And that all of the purchases so made, both in the State of North Carolina and out of it, were of goods, wares and merchandise not specially…
1Opinion of the Court
(/lark, J :
The defendants, merchants residing and doing business in this State, have bought out of the State and have brought into the State and sold goods not being farm products purchased from the producer, and have bought in the State and sold farm products which were not purchased from the producer. They refused to list them under Schedule B, Section 22, of the Revenue Act, and they contend the act is void and unconstitutional because—
1. “It denies to the defendants the equal protection of the laws. U. S. Cons., 14th Amendment, § 1.” It has been repeatedly held that the Fourteenth…
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