State v. . Cathey
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Long, J., at September Term, 1915, of Buncombe. Tbe defendant was indicted under tbe Searcb and Seizure Law, cb. 44, Laws 1933, for baving in bis possession for tbe purpose of sale, malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors.
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Appeal by defendant from Long, J., at September Term, 1915, of Buncombe. Tbe defendant was indicted under tbe Searcb and Seizure Law, cb. 44, Laws 1933, for baving in bis possession for tbe purpose of sale, malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors. E. M. Mitchell, sheriff, testified that tbe search and seizure warrant was regularly issued, and that, acting thereunder, be searched tbe premises of tbe defendant and found at tbe defendant’s bouse about two-thirds of a barrel of beer, about twenty-four bottles of champagne, and something like twenty-five yards away, at a little bouse east.of Cathey’s…
1Opinion of the CourtAlleN, J.
Tbe Search and Seizure Law has been declared constitutional in several decisions of this Court, and it is not necessary to further discuss the question. S. v. Wilkerson, 164 N. C., 431; S. v. Denton, 164 N. C., 531; S. v. Moore, 166 N. C., 284.
It will be observed from the statement of the ease that the' defendant did not reserve an exception to the evidence of the sheriff when he stated that the general reputation of the defendant was bad for dealing in liquor, and that the exception stated in the record is only to his statement that he knew what his character was; but giving the defendant…
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