Russell v. City of Bessemer

The petitioner was tried and convicted of violation of section 7, Ordinance No. 385, of the city of Bessemer, commonly known as the “Prohibition Ordinance,” and which reads as follows:

“That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, to permit or allow any one to have, possess, operate, or locate on his premises any apparatus, plant or structure for the distilling or manufacturing of prohibited liquors and beverages or any of them within the city of Bessemer or within the police juris* diction thereof, and when such apparatus,, plant or structure is found upon such premises the…