State v. Lassiter

ODOM, Justice.

The Police Jury of Webster Parish adopted an ordinance making it unlawful and a misdemeanor to sell or “possess for sale” intoxicating liquors in those wards of that parish which had been voted dry at a local option election. The ordinance further provides that the possession “of more than one-half gallon of intoxicating liquor, or of any quantity of intoxicating liquor contained in more than two bottles or containers shall constitute prima facie evidence of possession of same for sale and of a violation of this ordinance”.

The City of Minden is in Ward 4 of Webster Parish, which…