State v. . Yopp
Supreme Court of North Carolina
IndictmeNt, heard before Meares, Judge, at September Term, 1886, of the Criminal Court of New Hanover county. There was a verdict of guilty, and from the judgment thereon the defendant appealed. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMerrimon, J.
The power of government — commonly called the police power — to regulate the conduct of individuals in the exercise of their personal rights, and the use of property, with the view to secure the just enjoyment of right, of whatever nature, of every individual — to promote the public convenience, rsafety, and common good, is essential, and as well, very great .and comprehensive in its nature and extent. It is founded very largely in the maxim, sic utere tuo ut alienum non Isedas, and also, to some extent, that other maxim of public policy, salus populi, suprema lex, and it is of almost…
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