State v. . Perry
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from Ferguson, J., at February Term, 1911, of Ckavekt. Tbe defendant was indicted for conducting a lottery. He, witb tbe other members of tbe Perry-Owens Sboe Company, organized tbe Perry-Owens Suit Club, wbicb engaged in tbe business of selling clothing under tbe following plan, as shown by tbe certificate given to each member of tbe club: “Perry-Owens Sboe Company’s Suit Club shall consist of fifty (50) members.
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Appeal from Ferguson, J., at February Term, 1911, of Ckavekt. Tbe defendant was indicted for conducting a lottery. He, witb tbe other members of tbe Perry-Owens Sboe Company, organized tbe Perry-Owens Suit Club, wbicb engaged in tbe business of selling clothing under tbe following plan, as shown by tbe certificate given to each member of tbe club: “Perry-Owens Sboe Company’s Suit Club shall consist of fifty (50) members. In consideration of each member paying into tbe general fund tbe sum of two dollars ($2) weekly for twelve weeks, and one dollar ($1) tbe week following, or less as explained…
1Opinion of the Court
'WalKeb, J.,
after stating the facts: The only question in the case is whether the selling of the clothes according to the plan or device, which we have described, constituted a lottery, for our statute upon the subject provides, among other things, that any person who shall open, promote, or carry on a lottery, by whatever name or style the same may be Called or known, or who, by such ways and means, shall expose or set to sale any goods or chattels or any other thing of value, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Lotteries are a species of gaming. They were formerly permitted in some of the…
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