State v. Kelly

Defendant, Hazel Kelly, was charged with the violation of Ordinance No. 188 of Lincoln Parish (engaging in the business of selling liquor containing more than one-half of one percent of alcohol by volume). From a conviction and a sentence of $350 plus costs and four months in jail, and in default of paying the costs and fine to serve an additional two months in jail, the defendant appeals. Three bills of exceptions were perfected.

Bill of Exceptions No. 1 was reserved to the trial judge’s ruling allowing the State’s sole witness, Officer Graham Gardner, to testify as to what he heard and saw…