Litchfield enquirer., 1852-04-01

{ nnd convey them 10 some pr"Prr place a ! .ernri,v. where he shall keer them uni R,.I nes;an is had thereon. But no dwell. ;nv house in which. ar in part cf which . shon is not kept, shall be searched unIess a, Isast one. of said c0Tnpnintants shall .. .,i6v to some net of sale of Intoxicating Iiouors therein by the occupant thereof or by his cOnseut or permission, within at leAsI one month Ofthe time of making said com . plniut. And the owner or keeper ot sald iiouors, seized as aforesaid if bs shali be known tO the officer seiZing tue same' shall be summoned forthwith before the justice or iudge by whose warrant the Iiquors
 wefe seized and if he fails to appear, or
 unless he can show by positive proof, that
 sail liquors are of foreign production, that they have been imported under the laws of the United States, and tn accordaDce ihere- with--tipat they are contained tn the origi
 nal packages In which they were imported,
 and in QaMntities, moi less than the laws the United States prescribed, they shall be de- clared forfeited. and shall be destroyed by authority of the written oder tO that effect of said justice or judge aud ia his presence or in the presence Ot some persons appoint- od by h,m to witness the destruction lher. of and who shall join with lhe officer by
 whom they shall have been destroyed, in atlesting that fact upon the back of the order, by authority of which it was done and the 0wuer or keeper of such liquors shall pay fine of twenty dollars and costs. or stand committed for thirty days. in de-
 fault of payment, if in the opinion of the court snid liquors shall have been kept or deposited for the purposes of sale. And fl the owner 0r possessor of any liquors seized in pursuance of this section. shall set up the claim that they have been regu. larly imported under the lewsotthe United States. aud that they are contained Tn tue
 original packages, the custom house c"r- titica,es of importation, a nd proofs of marks on the cusks or packages corresponding
 thereto. shall not De received as evidence that the liqlors contained in said packages are actually imported therein.
 Seized liquors. hoV disposed of, &c
 Src. l2. If the owner, keeper. or poss-
 essor ot liquors seized under the provisions i of this ac,, shall 9e unknown to the officer ! seizing the same, they shall not bo con demned and desiroye cd dn,iIth shall have cen advertised, whh' the nuR,ber and de.
 scrip,ion of the packages as near as may be
 for two weeksby posting up a written de> scrip,ion of the salnc in some public place 1 that if such liquors rre actually the proper. | ty of any city or town in the Slate, and were so at the time, of tho seizure, pur- l chased for sale by tho agent.Of said city or l town, for medicinal and nechantcal rurpe-
 ses only. in pursuance ei tho provisions Of
 this act, they may not be destrayed; but
 upon satisfactory proof of such ownership. l within said two. weeks, before the justice or judee by whose authority said liquovs 1 we're seized. said justice or judge shall deliver io the agent of said city OF town an order to the officer having said liquors in custody. whereurOn said officer si,all ds- liver them to said agent. taking his receipt the, efoI upon the back of said order which ]
 shall be returned to said justice or judge. Appeal ef claimants cf ssised liquors.
 .SEH. l3, If any person claiming any liquors seized as aloresa id, shall appealt from
 the iudgemen, of any justice or judge by 1 whose authority the seizure was made ,O't
 the district court, before his appeal shall be
 allowed, he shall give bond in the sum of I two hundred dollars with two good and suffi- cieDt sureties to prosecute his appeal. anu to pay all fines aEd costs which may be awarded against him and in case of aEy such appeal. whore the quantity of liquors so seized shall exceed five gallons. if the final decision shall he against the appellant. that such liquors were intended by him for sale, he shnll be adjudged by the the court
 Il common seller of intoxicating liquors. and shall bs subject to the penalties provided
 for iE section eight, of this ac' r and said liquors shali be destroyed as provided for in section eleven. But nothing contained in this act shall be construed 10 prevent any chemist, artist or manufacturer in whose art or trade they may bs necessary. from
 keeping at his place of business such
 reasonable sn l proper quantity of distilled liquors as he may have occasion to use in his art or trade. hut not for sale.
 Officers to seize liquors in certain places. Src. l4. It shall kc the duty of any mayor. alderman, selectman, assessor, city
 marshal, or deputy. or constable, if he shall
 have information that any intoxicating liquors are kept or cold in any tent. shanty. hut or place of any kind for selling refresh. ments. in any public place on or near the
 gtound of any cattle show, agricultural ex>
 lilbaion. military muster, or public occasion df any kind, to search such suspected place, alld if such officer shah find upon the
 premises any intoxicating drinks. he shall
 skizstbem, and arrest the keeper or keepers
 of such places, and take them forthwith,
 or as soon as may be, before some justice or judge of municipal or polcie court. with the liquors SO found and seized, and upon proof that said liquors are intoxicaIi ihs that they were found in possession of the accused, in n tent, shansy, "s other ViHce a, ! aforesaid. he or they shall be sentenced t' D Imprisonment in the county jail for ,hir,, } days and tho liquor 90 seized shall be dc s.royed by order of saio justice or judge.
 Appeals.-.tses.-.fornssr conviction, &e
 SEC. Is. If any person arrested unde
 the proceeding section and sentenced a aforesaid. shall claim an appeal, before hi | .1,oN AM .1l IA. alN