State v. Crescent Cigar & Tobacco Co.

This is a suit to enforce the penalty under the tobacco tax law.

The plaintiff alleged that although the defendant is supposed to be engaged solely in the wholesale business of selling tobacco products, H. C. Cornish, an assistant supervisor of public accounts, did, on December 22nd, 1926, go into the place of business of the defendant at 420-422 Poydras street, and purchased at retail 600 cigarettes for the price of $3.54, and also one box of cigars containing 50 five cents cigars for $1.85, and that neither the cigarettes nor the box of cigars had any tobacco tax stamps affixed to them as…