State v. . Chadbourn
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT for a Misdemeanor tried at October Term, 1877, of New Hanover Criminal Court, before Meares, J. The defendants are charged with violating the provisions of section 12 and 31 of chapter 156 of the revenue act of March 10, 1877. Section 12, so far as it is necessary to be set out, is in these words: “ Every merchant, jeweler, grocer, druggist, and every other trader who as principal or agent carries on the business of buying or selling goods, ivares or merchandise…
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INDICTMENT for a Misdemeanor tried at October Term, 1877, of New Hanover Criminal Court, before Meares, J. The defendants are charged with violating the provisions of section 12 and 31 of chapter 156 of the revenue act of March 10, 1877. Section 12, so far as it is necessary to be set out, is in these words: “ Every merchant, jeweler, grocer, druggist, and every other trader who as principal or agent carries on the business of buying or selling goods, ivares or merchandise of whatever name or description, except such as are specially': taxed elsewhere in this act, shall in addition to his ad…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
(After stating the facts as above.) The judge before whom the cause was tried was of the opinion that the employment and business in which the defendants were engaged did not bring them within the prohibition of the statute, and ordered their discharge. The appeal brings before us the question, whether the defendants are included in any of the descriptive words of section 12 — “ merchants, jewelers, grocers, druggists, or other trader who carries on the business of buying or selling goods, wares, or merchandise in other words, are they traders within the purview and meaning of the act? We…
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