State v. Frank
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT against W. II. O. Prank, beard by Judge G-eorge A. Jones and a jury, at March Term, 1902, of the Superior Court of Chowan County. Prom a special verdict and judgment of not guilty thereon, the State appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, J.
Laws 1901, Chap. 9, Sec. 54, provides, “Any person who shall carry from place h> place any gpods, wares or merchandise and offers to sell or barter the same, shall be deemed to be a peddler, and shall pay a license tax.” Section 103 malees it indictable to peddle without license, and the defendant is indicted therefor. The special verdict finds in substance that the defendant not having such license traveled from house to house on foot, exhibiting samples of goods; that he took orders for the goods and sent them to his principal in Norfolk, Va., who shipped the goods to defendant at Edenton,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Wrought Iron Range Co. v. CarverSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1896
- State v. . LeeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1893
- State v. . GibbsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1894
- State v. Franks.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1900
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- State v. Ninestein.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1903
- Range Co. v. . CampenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1904
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