State v. Cleary

TATE, Justice.

The defendant appeals from his conviction of violating La.R.S. 26:160 and from his sentence to pay a fine of $350 and to serve sixty days in the parish prison.

The cited statute prohibits the refilling of an original container of alcoholic beverages with an alcoholic beverage or pos*541sessing such a refilled container. The State’s case sought to prove that the defendant bar-owner had re-filled with cheaper whiskey used bottles originally containing more expensive namebrands, for the obvious purpose of defrauding bar patrons.

We find no merit to the several contentions urged by the…