The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-06-17
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8. The sheriff or constable shdtt
search the premises and IL any n4uors
are found shall tale them to place
of security. He shall not however
search any d'0slliHS-Aouse, unless
shop isIkept iHIit5 on unless one Of the
complainants shall testify to some act
Of sale IN it, within one month prece.
ding.
4. He shall also summon the owner
or keeper of the liquors, if he be
known, to appear forthwith before the
magistrate. .ECIl III AllL j
s. The owner or keeper must then
prove positively
(G) Thatsaidliquors areof foreign
production. q lsIa.gI Fl 4oi,Is s#T
10y That they have been imported
according to the laws Of the United
Statnsl SIWt 40 .HhoE saal#3 ~ si
(c) That they are the original pack
ages, [casks, bottles, &c., and are
not less in quantity than the United
States Law prescnbes, But in order
to prove this he shall not adduce the
custom house certificates Of importa.
ton, nor the marks on the casks or
packages, [all these being notorious
ly often forged.
6. lfhe can not prove all these, or
if he fails to appear, then a
(G) The liquor shall be. destroyed.
(b) The owner or keeper shall be
fined twenty dollars and costs, or in
case Of non-payment be imprisoned
thirty days.
I. If the owner or keeper Of the Ii
quor be unknown, the liquors shall be
publicly advertised, two weeks after
which, if no Town Agent proves that
they are his, according to section 2,
they shall be destroyed.
s. Appeals from the Magistrates
order for the destruction of liquors,
shall not be allowed till the appellant
has given a bond Of two hundred dol
lars, with two securities, to prosecute
his appeal, pay fines, &c.
9. If the appeal shall be decided
against him, and the quantity Of Ii
quors exceeds 5 gallons, he shall be.
| judged a common seller Of Intoxicating
liquors, and incur the penalties pre-
scribed for that offense. The liquor
shall also be destroyed.
10. Chemists, artists and manufac-
turers who use liquors in their busi-
ness, only are exempt from prosecu-
ton.
NQaors Sold or Kept for Sale on Pub
JIG Occasions,
! SECS. IA, 15. nu. r
/. Liquors sold or kept, in any tent,
shanty, &C., at a cattle show or mill
tary muster, or any public occasion,
may be searched for and seized by the
authorities without warrant, and the
keepers arrested; the former destroyed,
and the latter imprisoned thirty days.
2. If the keeper appeal, he must
first give bond of one hundred dollars,
with two securities, to prosecute, &c.
If finally convicted on the appeal, he
/ shall suffer the former sentence of
Imprisonment for thirty days and pay
a fine of twenty dollars.
/ Liquor Contracts Void.
\ Sec. 16.
/ All bargains, notes, book accounts,
deeds and mortgages, &C., in respect
to liquors illegally sold, are void, and
incapable of endorsements in the courts.
/ Miscellaneous Particulars.
/. No liquor seller can sit on the
jury in any trial under this act. Sec. 8.
2. Prosecutions undes this act shall
be tried in the courts before any other
case, except where criminals are un-
der arrest waiting trial. Sec. 10.
/ 8. Neither the court nor the prose
II cutino officnt shall have mower to die.