State v. Piner.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT against Tbomas Piner for unlawfully selling liquor, beard by Judge Jas. L. Webb and a jury, at the January Term, 1906, of the Superior Court of Pendeb. The jury returned a special verdict, and found that, the defendant sold a gallon of wine of his own manufacture, on his own premises, which was made from the products of his own vineyard, none of which was drunk on his premises.
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INDICTMENT against Tbomas Piner for unlawfully selling liquor, beard by Judge Jas. L. Webb and a jury, at the January Term, 1906, of the Superior Court of Pendeb. The jury returned a special verdict, and found that, the defendant sold a gallon of wine of his own manufacture, on his own premises, which was made from the products of his own vineyard, none of which was drunk on his premises. It was put in a jug,' which was corked, and carried away by the purchaser without being opened. Upon the facts so found, the court held that the defendant yyas guilty. He was adjudged to pay a fine and the…
1Opinion of the Court
Walkeb, J.,
after stating the casé: The defendant contends that he was authorized to sell the wine by the general statute (Code, sec. 3110), which provides that all wines made in this State from grapes, etc., raised therein, may be sold in bottles, which are corked or sealed up, in quantities greater or less than a quart, but must not be drunk on the premises; and he also justifies under the Act of 1903, chapter 233 (Watts Law), sections 1 and 6, which permits a person to sell, by the gallon or in larger quantities, wine made from fruit or grapes grown by himself, provided it is not drunk on…
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