Supreme Court of North Carolina April 1, 1908 (State v. Williams)

lead-opinion

CLARK, C. J., and HOKE, J., dissenting. By chapter 24, Laws, 1907, the Legislature enacted a statute declaring that it shall be unlawful for any person to "manufacture, sell, or otherwise dispose of for gain" spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors in the county of Burke. The act contains the usual exceptions in regard to sales by druggists.