Burch v. City of Ocilla

J. M. Burch was convicted in the recorder’s court of the violation of an ordinance of the City of Ocilla, which prescribed a license of $3,000 for any one engaged in selling “near beer” in that city, and provided penalties for the violation of the ordinance. The case was carried, by certiorari, to the superior court, where the certiorari was overruled; and exception is taken to that judgment. The ordinance under which the defendant was found guilty declares, that, from and after June 20, 1908, all qjersons, firms, or corporations who sell or offer for sale “near beer” within the city limits…