Legal Opinion
City of Greensboro v. Williams
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided March 14, 1899PublishedCited by 2 opinions
City WabeaNt for penalty for peddling without license, originating in Mayor’s Court and heard upon appeal by Timberlake, J., at Fall Term, 1898, of Guileoed Superior Court, upon Case Agreed. His Honor adjudged against the defendant, who appealed. Case Agreed appears in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
EtooheSj J.
Tbis is a criminal proceeding, instituted by tbe City of Greensboro against the defendant upon the charge of violating its charter and ordinances against “peddlers and itinerant merchants.” On the trial the jury found a special verdict, as follows:
“That on the 16th day of June, 1898, R. J. Williams did sell a picture frame and picture in the City of Greensboro, North Carolina, without having any license to sell the same from the said city. That some time prior thereto an agent of the Chicago Portrait Company made an executory contract with Mrs. J. E. DeLorme to furnish her with a…
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