Bell v. City of Valdosta

The accused was convicted in the recorder’s court of the city of Yaldosta of '“purchasing intoxicating liquors.” An ordinance of the city made it a criminal offense “for any person to purchase, or barter for, any intoxicating liquors, within the corporate limits” of the city. The ordinance further provided that the possession of such liquors by any person in the city “shall be prima facie evidence” that such person had purchased the liquors, or bartered for them, within the corporate limits of the city, in violation of the ordinance. The undisputed evidence was that the accused had in his…