The case in which Charlie and Calvin Patrick, father and son, were defendants, and which resulted in a mistrial last Wednesday, will not be tried again this week, both defendants having agreed to enter a plea of guilty.
Accordingly, the elder Patrick was fined $25 and costs for violation of the Turlington Act and $5 and costs in each of the other two charges against him, making a total of $35 and costs, while Calvin Patrick was let off with the costs in the two cases in which he was defendant.
The only case tried Monday was that against W.C. Jackson for violation of the parking ordinance, and in this the defendant was let off with the costs.
From the front page of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N.C., Monday, March 24, 1924.
The Turlington Act “defined the alcoholic content of beverages and made it illegal "to manufacture, sell, barter, transport, import, export, deliver, furnish, purchase, or possess intoxicating liquor," according to N.C.Pedia.org. For more information on this act, see www.ncpedia.org/turlington-act (accessed March 24, 1924).
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