Legal Opinion

State v. Ryan

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 20, 1913No. 19,661PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Calcasieu; Winston Over-ton, Judge. Duke Byan was convicted of unlawfully conducting a grogshop without a license, and he appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtPbovosty, J.

[1] The charge in this case is that the accused “did on the 24th day of August, 1912, unlawfully keep, carry on, and conduct a grog and tippling shop without previously obtaining a license.” The accused called for a bill of particulars, and in answer to this call the District Attorney stated that:

“The state expects to prove that the defendant at his place of business in the city of Lake Charles, on the 24th day of August, 1912, did *1055sell two drinks of whisky, one at ten cents and one at five cents and one bottle of beer for the price of fifteen cents.”

On the trial the state offered this proof,…

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