Case Name: STATE v. MYRTLE NORDAN
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1942-03-18
Citations: 221 N.C. 537
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE v. MYRTLE NORDAN.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 221
Pages: 537–538

Head Matter:
STATE v. MYRTLE NORDAN.
(Filed 18 March, 1942.)
Appeal by defendant from Harris, J., at September Term, 1941, of Haknett.
Criminal prosecution upon a warrant charging a violation of the prohibition laws.
The evidence in this case discloses that the husband of the defendant swore out a search warrant against his wife, and, using this warrant, officers went to the home of the defendant and found her pouring whisky through a hole in the floor. Upon a search of the premises, seven one-half gallon jars of contraband liquor were found.
Verdict: Guilty as charged in the warrant of having whisky in her possession for the purpose of sale.
Judgment: Imprisonment in the county jail for six months, to be hired out by county commissioners. The defendant appealed, assigning errors.
Attorney-General McMullan and Assistant Attorneys-General Bruton and Patton for the State.
J. R. Young for defendant.

Opinion:
Pee CueiaM.
The several assignments of error shown in the record on appeal are without sufficient merit to disturb the verdict below.
In the trial below, we find
No error.