Legal Opinion
State v. . Brown
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided November 24, 1915PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal-by defendant from Long, J., at March. Term, 1915, of GastoN.
1Opinion of the CourtClare, C. J.
The defendant was indicted for selling intoxicating liquors. The only question arises on ah exception to the refusal of a motion in arrest of judgment upon the ground that the indictment was defective because it did not set out the name of the person to whom the liquor was sold.
Laws 1913, ch. 44, see. 6, provides: “In indictments for violating this act it shall not be necessary to allege the sale to a particular person, and the violation of law may be proven by circumstantial evidence as well as by direct evidence.”
In Black on Intoxicating Liquors, see. 464, where the precedents are…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Moore v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Howard v. FlemingSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Caldwell v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
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3Cited by5 opinions
- State v. . LangleySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1936
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- State v. . SaleebySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1922
- State v. . HicksSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1920