State v. . Powell
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Criminal action, tried on appeal from the Mayor of Mor-ganton, before Merri/mon, J., at Spring Term, 1888, of the Superior Court of Burke County.
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Criminal action, tried on appeal from the Mayor of Mor-ganton, before Merri/mon, J., at Spring Term, 1888, of the Superior Court of Burke County. The defendant was arrested under a warrant from the Mayor for unlawfully carrying on the trade or business of keeping a livery stable, without having first paid a privilege tax of $10, etc., in violation of certain ordinances of the ■said town of Morganton, levying privilege taxes of different ■sums on general occupations, including keeping of livery stables, selling sewing machines, etc., and affixing a penalty for carrying on the business without…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
When this cause was before us upon a former appeal, the ruling that no criminal offence as set out in the warrant, of which the Mayor of the town could take judicial cognizance, was created in the ordinance, was declared erroneous, and the Superior Court directed to proceed with the trial. It is now before us on the defendant’s appeal, after verdict and judgment, for an alleged error, in holding that the ordinance imposing the tax, so far as the required license applies to the keeping of a livery stable for pay, was valid and effectual. The objection was not specifically made at the first…
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