State v. Benoit

Appellant was convicted of violating Act 39 of 1921, by manufacturing intoxicating liquor, and by having the liquor in his possession, for beverage purposes.

Before pleading to the indictment, he filed a motion to quash, averring that the Act 39 of 1921 was unconstitutional, for the reason, mainly, that section 8 of the statute, in so far as it referred to federal legisla*423tion for a definition of intoxicating liquors, violated section 18 of article 3 of tlie Constitution, forbidding the adoption of a system or code of laws by reference to the system or code of laws. That complaint, together…