Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-10-09
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poses.
The People Of tie State of Wisconsin
represented an Senate and assembly do en-
act as follows
Section l. No person shall sell, barter,
exchange, furnish to another, give away,
knowingly permit to be taken from his pos
session, or manufacture, any spirituous or
Intoxicating liquor, or mixed liquor, part
Of which is spir ituous or intoxicating Ev-
i cry person who does is hereby declared
guilty of a misdemeanor, and ON the first
conviction thereof shall be punished by
fine Of not less than fifteen nor more than
fifty dollars,or by imprisonment in the
county joil not less than ten nor more than
thirty days; and on thesecond and every sub-
sequent conviction, by imprisonment in the
county jail not less than thirty nor more
than ninety days,
| Sec. 2. justices of the peace shall have
jurisdiction concurrent with the circuit
court Of offences mentioned in the prece-
ding section; and in all cases of prosecution
for said offences, when the defendant is ac-
cused of having been once convicted Of an
offence mentioned in this act, and such al
legation is not sus tanned by proof, he may
be convicted as for the first offence, in
which case the jury shall specify in their
verdict that they do not find the defendant
has been once convicted. All convictions
OF said offences, after the first, shall be
| deemed second or subsequent, although for
an offence differing from that or those on
which the prior conviction OF convictions
were had.
Sec. 3. Upon complaint made to any
Magistrate in pursuance Of any law of this
State, for the arrest and examination of Of
tenders, or for their arrest and trial in
Justices court, if it shall appear that any
offence mentioned in this act has been com
mltted, and if the complainant states on
oath that he believes spurious or intoxica-
ting liquors are concealed or kept by the
person aeessed in any particular house or
place, the Magistrate, if he be satisfied
that there is reasonable cause for such be-
lief, shall insert in the warrant for the Or
rest of the accused clause commanding
the officer to whom it is directed to search
for such liquors at the place where they
are delivered to be concealed or pt,which
place shall be designated and described in
the warrant and to seize and take said IL
quors when found, and safely keep them,
subject to the order of the court in which
said criminal prosecution may be pending.
In caser$ the final conviction of the accu-
sed, or in case of forfeiture Of any recog-
nizance which may have been entered into
by him in the course of such criminal pros
ecution, or Of the escape of the accused
from the officer who may arrested him, or
Of his breaking jail, said liquor shall be
deemed to have been held illegally and to
be public nuisance, and shall be destroy
ed under the direction of the court in which
said conviction, forfeiture, or proceedings
takes place or is pending; which distruc-
tior in case Of a conviction in a Justices
court, shall be Immediately after the expi-
ration Of the time for appealing, in case no
appeal is taken before that time, and sixty
days after conviction in the circuit court,
IN case the defendent does not within that
time sue out writ of error from the Su-
preme Court which intitles him to stay or
delay for the execution of the judgment or
sentence, in which last case they shall be
destroyed Immediately after the affirmance
of the judgment in the Supreme Court;
but in case Of the acquital or discharge Of
the defendent, said liquors shall be resto-
red to him, if they are not held by virtue
of other prosecutions.
Sec. 4. Complaints without oath may
be made under the provisions of the first sec
ton Of this act by any person; but the
same shall be subscribed by the complain
ant, and may be in the following or equiv
alent form, viz:
State of Wisconsin, .