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  "name": "STATE v. JACK ATKINSON",
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      "STATE v. JACK ATKINSON."
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        "text": "Stacy, C. J.\nThe gravamen of the charge against the defendant is, that he kept or had in his possession, for the purpose of sale, spirituous liquors in violation of C. S., 3379. S. v. Langley, 209 N. C., 178, 183 S. E., 526. The additional allegation, \u201cand not bearing the stamp of the A. B. C. Board of Pitt County,\u201d was unnecessary and may be regarded as surplusage or as a refinement within the meaning of O. S., 4623. \u201cA refinement is understood to be the verbiage which is frequently found in indictments in setting forth what is not essential to the constitution of the offense, and, therefore, not required to be proved on the trial\u201d- \u2014 Gaston, J., in S. v. Gallimore, 24 N. C., 372. The prosecution was under no obligation, to offer evidence of a nonessential averment. S. v. Guest, 100 N. C., 410, 6 S. E., 253.\nIn addition to the prima facie case, arising from the possession of more than a gallon of spirituous liquors, S. v. Tate, ante, 168, there was other circumstantial evidence tending to show its possession for the purpose of sale. S. v. Rhodes, ante, 473; S. v. Hardy, 209 N. C., 83, 182 S. E., 831. The case was properly submitted to the jury. S. v. Ellis, ante, 166.\nNo error.",
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        "author": "Stacy, C. J."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Attorney-General Seawell and Assistant Attorney-General McMullan for the State.",
      "S. J. Everett for defendant."
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    "head_matter": "STATE v. JACK ATKINSON.\n(Filed 4 November, 1936.)\n1. Criminal Law I j\u2014\nA motion to nonsuit tinder C. S., 4643, will not lie merely for failure of the State to offer evidence in support of a nonessential averment in the indictment, C. S., 4623, when each essential element of the offense is supported by competent evidence.\n2. Intoxicating Liquor G a \u2014 Indictment for possession of liquor for sale need not allege that liquor did not bear stamp of A. B. C. Board.\nIn an indictment sufficiently charging possession of liquor for the purpose of sale, C. S., 3379, an additional allegation that the whiskey did not bear the stamp of the A. B. C. Board of the county is an allegation of a nonessential fact, and will be regarded as surplusage or as a refinement within the meaning of C. S., 4623, and the State is not required to offer evidence of such additional allegation.\nAppeal by defendant from Frizzelle, J., at March Term, 1936, of Pitt.\nCriminal prosecution, tried upon warrant charging the defendant with \u201chaving in his possession intoxicating liquors for the purpose of sale, and not bearing the stamp of the A. B. C. Board of Pitt County,\u201d etc., in violation of the statute.\nThe record discloses that on 25 December, 1935, two officers went to the home of the defendant and \u201cfound a five-gallon jug of liquor, and Jack Atkinson said it was his \u2014 corn whiskey.\u201d\nThere was other circumstantial evidence tending to show that the defendant had the liquor for the purpose of sale.\nThe defendant demurred to the evidence and moved for judgment as of nonsuit under the Mason Act, C. S., 4643, for that no evidence had been offered to support the allegation in the warrant, \u201cand not bearing the stamp of the A. B. 0. Board of Pitt County.\u201d Overruled; exception.\nYerdict: Guilty.\nJudgment: Eighteen months on the roads.\nDefendant appeals, assigning errors.\nAttorney-General Seawell and Assistant Attorney-General McMullan for the State.\nS. J. Everett for defendant."
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