State v. Ligaarden

The defendant was convicted of the crime of engaging in the liquor traffic as a second offense and appeals from the judgment of conviction. The sole question presented for determination is whether chapter 268, Laws 1923 (Supp. §§ 10145b1, et seq.), insofar as it makes it a crime for a person to possess intoxicating liquor, is violative of the constitutional rights of the defendant.

The statute in question provides:

"Sec. 1. The following liquors are hereby declared to be intoxicating and their intoxicating quality shall, by the Courts, be presumed, viz: alcohol, brandy, whiskey, rum, gin, beer,…