State v. Laborde
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fourteenth Judicial District -Court, Parish of Avoyelles; Gregory Horatio Couvillon, Judge. M. L. Laborde was convicted of selling liquor without a license, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvo Sty, J.
Defendant, a merchant of the town of Mansura, parish of Avoyelles, appeals from a conviction, under section 910, Rev. St., of having sold liquors in the year 1907 without a license.
He did have a license — one issued to him by the town — but the state successfully contended that said license was not in due form; also that it was a nullity and a fraud, simply a scheme to circumvent the laws against the selling of liquors without a license, because the town authorities and the defendant knew very well, the former when they issued it and the latter when he took it, that as an effect of elections…
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