State v. Brown

BRUNOT, Justice.

The defendant was indicted by the grand jury of De Soto parish for the offense of operating a blind tiger., in the town of Mansfield, where the sale of intoxicating liquor is prohibited by law, in violation of the provisions of Act No. 8 of the Extra Session of the Legislature of the State of Louisiana for the year 1915. He was tried, convicted of the offense charged, and sentenced to pay a fine of $301 and the costs of the prosecution, or, in default of the payment of the fine, to imprisonment in the parish jail for a term of five months. From the verdict and sentence the…