State v. Allen
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by plaintiff from Ferguson, Jat July Term, 1912, of Wake. Criminal action. The bill of indictment was as follows: “The jurors for the State upon their oa-th present that J. L. Allen, late of the county of Wake, on 15 May, in the year of our Lord 1912, with force and arms, at and in the county aforesaid, did unlawfully and willfully sell for gain one-half gallon intoxicating liquor (corn whiskey) to B. M. Green, he, the said J. L. Allen, not then and there having a…
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Appeal by plaintiff from Ferguson, Jat July Term, 1912, of Wake. Criminal action. The bill of indictment was as follows: “The jurors for the State upon their oa-th present that J. L. Allen, late of the county of Wake, on 15 May, in the year of our Lord 1912, with force and arms, at and in the county aforesaid, did unlawfully and willfully sell for gain one-half gallon intoxicating liquor (corn whiskey) to B. M. Green, he, the said J. L. Allen, not then and there having a license to sell intoxicating liquor, against the form of the statute in such case made and provided and against the peace…
1Opinion of the CourtHoke, J.
The defendant was tried on a bill of indictment containing two counts: (1) an unlawful sale of whiskey to one B. M. Green “at or in said county”; (2) that he “unlawfully, for himself and as agent for persons, firms, and corporations whose names are to the jurors unknown, did solicit orders and proposals to purchase by the jug and bottle of intoxicating liquors from one B. M. Green and other persons whose names are to the jurors unknown,” etc.
The second count in the bill, if it be considered as embodying a criminal accusation, can only amount to a charge of attempting to effect an unlawful…
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- State v. . HerringSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1907
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