State v. . Jones
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT tried before Shaw, J., at February Term, 1918, of SueRY. Tbe defendant was charged with tbe manufacture of liquor contrary to tbe statute. As there was a motion to nonsuit, it will be necessary to state some of tbe evidence. TJ.
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INDICTMENT tried before Shaw, J., at February Term, 1918, of SueRY. Tbe defendant was charged with tbe manufacture of liquor contrary to tbe statute. As there was a motion to nonsuit, it will be necessary to state some of tbe evidence. TJ. G. Belton testified: “In consequence of information received by me, I went with E. G. Smith, revenue officer, and two policemen of tbe town of Mount Airy, to tbe home of tbe defendant Sampson Jones; we went into tbe smokehouse, a few feet in tbe rear of tbe dwelling, and there found a 50-gallon barrel about two-tbirds full of still beer, two 25-gallon tubs,…
1Opinion of the Court
WalkeR, J.y
after stating the case: There was ample evidence to support the verdict, and the motion to nonsuit was properly overruled. The evidence tended to show that defendant had been engaged in the business of manufacturing liquor. He had on his premises and in his residence all the component parts of a perfect apparatus for distilling liquor, and if others assisted in the process of manufacturing, there was also evidence that the defendant not only permitted the illegal business to be done in his house, but actually furnished the still and the place for using it, and this would make him a…
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- Shaw v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1889
- Butler v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1914
- Spencer v. LooneySupreme Court of Virginia · 1914
- Hampton v. . R. R.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1897
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