State Ex Rel. McLean v. Townsend

This suit was brought to abate what is charged to be a public nuisance in the City of Asheville, being maintained by defendant in the unlawful keeping and sale of narcotics, and vending the same to addicts, and to others for redistribution, and administering narcotic drugs to them by hypodermic subcutaneous injection on the premises. The place was frequented by a large number of persons, all during the day and until 12 o’clock or afterward at night, many of them narcotic drug addicts, and at times the habitues and proprietress were boisterous and profane.

Instruments and equipment for drug…