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111 La. 92

State v. Stover

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided November 16, 1903

Supreme Court of Louisiana · decided 1903-11-16

<p>INTOXICATING LIQUORS—ILLEGAL SALE—INDICTMENT.</p> <p>■ 1. Under an indictment found on the 10th of July, 1903, charging defendant with having on “the 1st day of May, 1903, unlawfully kept a grog and tippling shop, and then and there retailed spirituous liquors without previously obtaining a license,” it was permissible to the state, in aid of the prosecution, to introduce evidence showing the defendant had done so' in the middle of May, 1903. ;- \7 ;</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>

Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently April 1916

5 state decisions

Relies on State v. Ackerman · State v. Walters · State v. Johnson

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Decided 1903-11-16

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NICHOLLS, C. J.

¶1The’only question presented to us for decision is whether under the indictment found on the 10th day of July, 1903, charging that the defendant, in the parish of Red River, did on the 1st day of May, 1903, unlawfully keep a grog and tippling *93shop, and. then and there retail spirituous liquors, without previously obtaining a license, it was permissible for the state to introduce evidence that the accused had done so some time in the middle of May, 1903.

¶2Under the authority of section 1063 of the Revised Statutes of 1876, and repeated decisions of this court, this question must be answered in the affirmative, and this answer carried with it the affirmance of the judgment appealed from. See State v. Aqudo et al., 5 La. Ann. 185; State v. Walters, 16 La. Ann. 400; State v. Wallman, 31 La. Ann. 147; State v. Polite, 33 La. Ann. 1016; State v. Kane, 33 La. Ann. 1269; State v. Johnson, 35 La. Ann. 842; State v. Hamilton, 48 La. Ann. 1566, 21 South. 232; State v. Hardaway, 50 La. Ann. 1348, 24 South. 320; State v. Ackerman, 51 La. Ann. 1213, 26 South. 80.

¶3The judgment appealed from is affirmed.

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