State v. Lahiff
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from City Court of Alexandria. Frank Thomas Lahiff was convicted of bringing into a dry zone around Camp Beauregard, a United States cantonment, intoxicating liquor in violation of statute, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
The question presented is whether the Act No. 20 of 1918, establishing a prohibition zone around Camp Beauregard while the government was engaged in war, is unconstitutional or invalid, for any of the reasons urged by appellant. He was prosecuted and convicted for bringing into the dry zone nine quarts of intoxicating liquor, in violation of the statute.
The object of the law referred to is expressed in the following title, viz.:
“To prevent and prohibit, throughout the period in which the United States may be engaged in war, the sale, barter, exchange, or other traffic of or in spirituous,…
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