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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Entry | 1941 | D. R. Icenhour v. J. L. Grayson, Atty Gen. | Carter | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Sheriff of Carter County seized a truck containing 203 cases of liquor, driven and owned by Ervin Roper. Roper claimed to be driving the truck to deliver the liquor to multiple bars in North Carolina. Icenhour sued to reclaim the liquor, the truck, &/or the value of the shipment. |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 16 | 95 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1926 | Earl Large& Wilford Large v. State | Carter | Liquor Violation |
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East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 70 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Hunter Bowers v. State | Carter | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he sold liquor illegally. Case is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 86 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | James Davis v. State | Carter | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he transported liquor illegally. Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1931 | Jess& Will Guinn v. State | Carter | Liquor Violation |
Jess Guinn is the son of Will Guinn. Plaintiffs in error are charged with unlawfully manufacturing intoxicating whiskey and brandy. Plaintiffs were found and arrested at a still that was under police observation. Plaintiffs deny owning the still and state that they were cutting cross ties when they came upon said still. Case file notes Will Guinn was 64 and Jess Guinn was 28 at the time of the trial. |
East | Range: 10 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1411 | 39 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1929 | Loy Frye v. State | Carter | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he transported liquor illegally. Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1933 | Murray Tylor v. State | Carter | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff in error is accused of possessing 4 gallon keg of whiskey. Said whiskey was found in a smokehouse owned by the plaintiff in error. Case file notes plaintiff in error was 36 at the time of the trial and lived in Stoney Creek in. |
East | Range: 10 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1482 | 35 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1946 | State v. Jack McGhee | Carter | Liquor Violation |
Possesion of whiskey. |
East | Range: 6 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 430 | 41 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1936 | State v. Phoebe Smith | Carter | Liquor Violation |
Defendant was found guilty of unlawfully possessing "alcoholic and intoxicating liquors, received after March 1 1917" on 6 April 1935. The liquor was found in her home when the police searched it, acting on a tip from a source considered to be reliable. |
East | Range: 8 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 917 | 22 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1866 | State v. Harvey Richardson | Carter | Liquor Violation |
Illegal selling of liquor to slaves. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1200 | 16 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1931 | State v. Rod B. Burrow | Carter | Liquor Violation |
Burrow charged and convicted of transporting liquor and violating a statute. He was sentenced to 1 year and 1 day in the penitentiary. |
East | Range: 9 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1291 | 56 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1932 | State v. Jarvis Kite | Carter | Liquor Violation |
Kite charged and convicted of possessing and transporting liquor. He was fined $100. Kite appealed. |
East | Range: 10 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1389 | 42 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1932 | State v. E. L. Banner | Carter | Liquor Violation |
Banner charged and convicted of possessing and transporting more than 1 gallon of whiskey. He was sentenced to 1 year and 1-2 days in penitentiary. |
East | Range: 10 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1389 | 32 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1931 | State v. George Large | Carter | Liquor Violation |
Large was arrested for possessing contraband liquor and a still for manufacturing liquor. He was charged with possessing liquor and transporting it in the quantity of 1 gallon and more than 1 gallon. He was found guilty and fined $100. |
East | Range: 10 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1348 | 23 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1932 | State v. Gene Dakin | Carter | Liquor, Unlawful Transportation of |
Gene Dakin is charged with felonious transportation of intoxicating liquor. |
East | Range: 10 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1443 | 48 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1928 | Tom Ray v. State | Carter | Liquor Violation |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he transported liquor illegally. Case is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 84 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1932 | W. A. Torrance v. State | Carter | Liquor Violation |
The plaintiff in error was in a room at the Jewel Hotel when W. J. Fair, Sheriff of Carter County, entered the hotel looking for another man. Fair testified that the plaintiff invited him into his room where a bottle of whiskey was sitting in the open. Fair immediately arrested the plaintiff. The plaintiff argues that the search was illegal and the evidence against him was obtained illegally. |
East | Range: 10 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1404 | 19 | Order A Copy |