State v. . Sermons
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by tbe State from Garter, J., at October Term, 1914, of Hyde. Criminal action, beard on appeal from a justice’s court.
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Appeal by tbe State from Garter, J., at October Term, 1914, of Hyde. Criminal action, beard on appeal from a justice’s court. Tbe relevant facts embodied in a special verdict and the proceedings and judgment of tbe. court thereon are as follows: “Tbe jury having heretofore been duly impaneled, returned into court tbe following special verdict: “ ‘That for twenty years last past tbe oyster bed in Hyde County known as Judith Narrows has been granted by tbe State of North Carolina, according to tbe law, and is now the private property of one Makely, who bolds absolute title to same. That said…
1Opinion of the Court
HoKe, J".
Section 2411 of tbe Revisal of 1905 provides for issuing license to persons engaged in tbe business of purchasing, canning, packing, shucking, or shipping of oysters, and directs that no such license shall be issued prior to 15 November and that same shall expire on 15 March following. Section 2395 makes it a misdemeanor for any one to engage in said business without having obtained the license as required.
The defendant, having sold oysters as a dealer and without having license so to do, comes directly within the terms and meaning of the law, and we see no valid reason why a verdict…
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