State v. Daspit
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Calcasieu; Winston Over-ton, Judge. Walter Daspit and another were convicted of keeping a grog and tippling shop without having obtained a license, and appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
An information containing three counts was filed in the district court for Calcasieu parish. The first count charges that defendants kept a grog and tippling shop without previously obtaining a license from the police jury, or from any other authority; the other two counts, that defendants retailed spirituous and intoxicating liquors without previously obtaining a license from the police jury, or from any other authority.
Defendants moved to quash on three grounds: First, that, the parish of Calcasieu being a prohibition parish, the police jury was without authority to issue any license for…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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