State v. . Simmons
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Horton, J., at November Term, 1921, of PasquotaNK. The defendant was indicted in three counts: 1. Having in bis possession a quantity of intoxicating liquors for the purpose of sale, to wit, nine quarts of grape brandy. 2. ■ Transporting the same from one point within the State to another point in the State. 3. The receipt of the same in fifteen days. General verdict of guilty.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, C. J.
The evidence for the State was that the chief of police of Elizabeth City, accompanied by two officers, about 11 o’clock at night, went to the house where Bessie McGee lived. Soon after they arrived an automobile drove up and three persons got out, to wit, the defendant (Eoscoe Simmons) and two others. Simmons was carrying in his hand a grip and went with it into the house. Sending one of his men to the back door of the house, the chief of police, with the other officer, immediately followed the parties into the house. The defendant seeing the officers entering at the front attempted to make…
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