State v. Tillery

When a warrant or bill of indictment, which charges the unlawful possession and unlawful transportation of intoxicating liquor, describes the liquor as “non-tax-paid,” conviction may be had, as the evidence may warrant, either under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, G.S. Ch. 18, Article 3, or under the Turlington Act, G.S. Ch. 18, Article 1. These statutes are construed in pari materia. S. v. Hill, 236 N.C. 704, 73 S.E. 2d 894; S. v. Gibbs, 238 N.C. 258, 77 S.E. 2d 779.

Even so, when the warrant or bill of indictment describes the liquor as “non-tax-paid liquor,” these descriptive words…