Jefferson v. City of Perry

1. The accused was convicted in the mayor’s court in the city of Perry of violating a municipal ordinance prohibiting the “keeping of whisky and intoxicating liquors on hand for sale.” The untraversed answer of the mayor to the writ, of certiorari shows definitely and positively one sale of liquor by the defendant within the corporate limits of the municipality. “Where one is charged with the violation of a valid municipal ordinance prohibiting the keeping of intoxicating liquors for the purpose of illegal sale, proof of one sale is sufficient to authorize a conviction.” Seabrooks v. Macon,…