Legal Opinion
State v. Garrett
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided December 11, 1950No. 39915PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMITER, Justice.
Lee Garrett, the defendant, was ' tried and convicted under a bill of information charging that he “unlawfully did sell intoxicating liquor for beverage purposes, to-wit: whiskey, in the Third Ward of Washington Parish, Louisiana, where the sale of same is prohibited by ordinance”; and the court sentenced him to imprisonment in the Parish Jail for a period of sixty days.
The ordinance allegedly violated was adopted by the Police Jury of Washington Parish following the holding of a special election throughout the Third Ward of that parish to determine the question of permitting…
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