The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-31
LAW Is AMPLE If OFFICIALS Do
THEIR DUTY.

Having voted prohibition, the citi-
zens OF Raleigh ook TO the officers 70
enforce the law. Those who v~ied
! against prohibition. as we'll as those
who voted for It. are ~Iaw-abidlng. They
wish the law executed. They pay
taxes TO paw the salaries OF public off,
cials who have taken solemn oaths TO
enforce all laws.
There IS every reasonable provision
thrown about the enforcement Of pro-
hibition laws by the tatutes OF the
State in declaring as crime their az
tempted evasion and in providing
punishment Of offenders and providing
powers to officers charged with the
duty Of enforcing such laws. And.
therefore. as TO the question whether
the law will be enforced, the answer
lies entirely in the integrity and vigil
lance Of the officers crarged with en-
forcing il.
The deeper answer TO the question Of
the efficacy Of prohibition lies Of
course in whether the people whose
votes create the officers shall require
Of them that they do their duty. The
people brought prohibition to pass; the
people, so far as the law gives them
the authority to 90, should through
their control of their officers see that
it prohibits.
What. then is the law governing the
Illegal sale of liquor IN Raleigh?
LIST The general law against retail
ing without license, the punishment
Cor which is a fine of $500 or impris-
onment for six months, or both
Revisal 1929;
End. Upon conviction of manufac-
turing or retailing liquor in prohibition
territory, fine and Imprisonment o..
both in the discretion of the court
Reviaal 3518;
Ord. In prohibition territory drug
gists may sell upon prescription My
regularly signed by a duly licensed
physician with dose prescribed, and
no such prescription shall be re-filled,
druggists or doctors violating the pro-
visions of the act to be subject to fine
and imprisonment in the discretion of
the court--Reyisal 1919;
4th. Any person procuring or caus-
ing the delivery of liquor to another is
held to be the agent of the seller and
as such is guilty of a misdemeanor and
may be punished by line or imprison-
ment, or both, in the discretion of the
court; and it shall be the duty Of the
solicitor when he shall ave
information that any person
knows of any place where
Ii1,,n. ;p~ ;llooa1l- ~oI1 or If N mar
son Who is so acting as agent,
to require such person to appear
before the grand jury and give infor-
nation nde oath respecting such
sale.-Revisal section 1884;
9Th. The place Of delivery is the
place of sale. Wake being one of the
counties to which the 'anti-jug'' law
applies.-Revi-al section 1850.
The above being the practices de-
as criminal and the penalties
imposed. there is no les machinery
provided for the arrest an conviction
of the misdemeanants guilty thereof.
There are twenty or more magis-
trates in Raleigh, each of whom has
jurisdiction to hear and bind over,
upon probable ause, any person guilty
of either of the o~ffenses denounced.
There is a constable # Raleigh town
ship with full powers and authority to
proce a against such persons and ar
rest and bring them to trial In addi-
ton, there is the police force of the
city itself specifically charged through
its chief with the responsibility of de-
tecting and bringing to punishment
la~W-breakers of this class. There is a
Police Justice who has full jurisdiction
to hear such cases ana to fix the pun
ishments prescribed by such acts.
For the further enforcement of the
laws against the illegal sale of whis-
it has been provided by the gen
eral law:
1st. That the possession of a United
States license shall be prima facie evil
dence of illegal sale.-Revisal section
2060.
(tnd a ruling of the United States
Commissioner of Internal Revenue has
been had to the effect that such Ii
censes must be kept open for the in
spection of all officers of the law and
for the public.)
End. That all justices of the peace,
i~ntendants and magistrates of police,
mayor of towns and judges of the Su-
preme or Superior courts, who shall
have reason to believe hat any per-
son within their Jurisdiction has
knowledge of any place where liquor
is illegally sold shall have power to
issue process for tn examination of
such person, whose evidence shall be
in law an information under oath, and
upon which such officer may cause
the arrest of IN person keeping such
place or engaged in such sale and may
cause the premises to be entered and
all liquors therein seized.-Re visal
section 1921;
3rd. If any officer, solicitor, justice
of the peace, intendant or magistrate
of police, etc. shall fail or refuse to
use due diligence when informed of
the violation of the law, he shall BE-
subject to removal.
In the charter of the CITY of Rat
eigh itself, every precaution has been
taken TO make the enforcement of tho