State v. Whitbeck
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; J. R. Land, Judge. J. J. Whitbeck and another were convicted of unlawfully maintaining a public nuisance, and appeal.
1Opinion
On the Merits.
We pretermit consideration of the bills reserved by defendants to the overruling of their demurrer and motion to quash, and to the finding by the trial judge, as a matter of judicial cognizance, that “Pabst blue ribbon beer” is intoxicating, as we are of opinion that the conviction and sentence complained of must be set aside for another reason, to wit:
Defendants were charged, on June 26, 1914, with conducting and operating “a public nuisance, commonly known as a ‘blind tiger,’ ” under an ordinance of the police jury which declares that any one convicted of that offense^—
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2Cases cited9 opinions
- Kring v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Yeaton and Others, of the Schooner General Pinkney and Cargo v. The United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1809
- State v. HickmanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1910
- State v. HagenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
- State v. CallahanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
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