State v. Beene

ON REHEARING

'SUMMERS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for 'violating Ordinance No. 100 of Claiborne Parish prohibiting, inter alia, the selling of beer of an alcoholic content greater than one-half of one percent by volume within Ward Three. The validity of the ordinance was assailed by a motion to quash and a motion in arrest of judgment, both of which were denied. Bills of exceptions were reserved.

The question is whether the ordinance denies the accused equal protection of the laws contrary to the guarantees of Article I, Section 2, of the Louisiana Constitution and the Fifth…