Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-05-20

AN ACT,
To protect certain domestic and Tyiuate
rights, and precent abuse IN The 81 Le and
ase Of intoxicating drinks.
SEC /. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives. Of the Commonwealth
Of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and
ii is hereby eaaied by Tie authority of the SINE,
That wlluIIy furnishing Intoxicating drinks,
by sale, gift or Otherwise, 10 any person OF |
known Incorporate habits, 10 minor or 10 |
AN insane person, for use as beverage,
shall be held and deemed a msdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof, the offender
shall be fined not less than ten nor more
Than sixty dollars, and undergo an imrrison-
ment of not less than ten nor more than
sixty days; and the wilful furnishing of in
toxicaiina drinks as beverage to any person
when drunk or Intoxicated, shall be deemed
a misdemeanor, punishable as aforesaid.
! SEC. .. That 1t shall be lawful for any
member of the family, or blood relation of
an iniemperate person, or any overseer oi
the poor or Magistrate of the district in which
such Incorporate person resides, or has
legal settlement, or the committee Of an hab.
iiual drunkarl, to give distinct notice, vee-
bal or written, 10 any inn-keeper, merchant.
grocer ds,iller, brewer or other person,
manufacturing, selling, or having intoxica.
ling liquors, forbdding him or them from fur.
nishing such incorporate person or hahiiual
drunkaId with intoxicating drinks or liquors :.
and if, three months after such notice, any
one TO whom the same is given shall furnish
or causc to be furnished, intoxicating liquors
TO such Incorporate person or hablual drunk.
ard, 10 be used as a beverage, he shall be
deemed guilty OF a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof, shall be punished as pro-
vided in the first section of this act.
SEC. 8. Tha, any person furnishing n,oxi.
eating drinks 10 any other person in viola
ton of any existing law, or of the provisions
OF This act, shall be held civily responsible
for any injury 10 person or property in con-
sequence OF furnishing, and any one aggrieved
may recover full damages against such per-
son so furnishing, by action on the case in
situ,ed, in any court having jurisdiction of
such form of action in this Commonwealth.
SEC 4. Tha, any judge justice or clergy
man, who shall perform the marriage cere.
mouy between parties when either of said
parties is intoxicated, shall be deemed guilty
, of a misdemeanor, and npon conviction
, thereof, shal! pay fine of fifty dollars aud
, be imprisoned at the discretion of the court
not exceeding sixty days.
SEC. S. That any wilfu aduleration and
/ corruption of spirituous, vinous or malt Ii.
+ quors, manufactured or intended as bever
: age, whereby The same are essentially rem.
e: dered unwhoesome, noxious and iulnriou:
f 10 health, or any sale of such liquors for use
4 as beverage, with knowledge that the same
: is so adulleratcG and corrupted, shall sub
iect the offender for the first offence 10 fine
!, of fifty dollars, and for second aud subse
quent offence 10 a fine Of one hundred dollar.
and imprisonment not exceeding sixty days
5 SEC. 6. Any persons prosecuting for an,
!, offence indiclabe under this act, shall upor
s conviction OF the offender, receive such rea
r sonable sum for expenses, services and tim,
: expended, as may be directed by The Court
y not exceeding twenty dollars, to be take,
d and paid as part OF the costs in the cause
il such allowance 10 be exclusive of compensa
!. ton TO such prosecutor as witness unde
b, existing laws Provided, That such allow
n ance shall not be made in more than one cas-
n al the same term TO one person.
SEC. 7. That no action shall be maintaine,
e or recovery had in any case for The value O
: liquors sold in violation of this or any o,he
: ae, and defence may be taken in any cas-
: against such recovery without special plea o
4 notice.
y SEC 8. That i, shall be lawful for IN
il Courts Of Quarter Sessions TO revoke any Ii
2 cense they may have granted for he sale @
Y liquors, whenever The party holding lcens
h shall be proved to have violated any law q
d this Commonwealth relating TO the sale q
y liquors, OF whenever the premises Of sue
Is party shall become the resort of idle and di,
,, orderly persons 50 as to disturb the generi
peace Of the neishbo,hooj, upon notice gi,
e en- to the psrsons 90 licensed