Eastern times., 1855-04-05
The New Liquor Law.

la,nre II will be seen that to carry flask OF
LIQUOR in ones pocket, valise or trunk,-say
. little medicaied brandy for summer COM
plaint,-subjects the person to fne OF $50
and costs, and three months Imprisonment for
the FIRST offence; SO look out, We who are wont
to have the eylpes, and hunt up some other
remedy. 1t also makes an apothecary liable
TO fine and imprisonment for furnishing n,adi
cine, part of which is composed of intoxi-
eating liquor, except on prescription of phys
ician of "so5er Ife,' no matter how well adapt
ed TO the case, or how sober the physician was
when il was given.
Another provision, it will be seen, does not
allow liquors to be stored in this State beyond
the period of twenty-four hours, except in
case Of inevitable accident, on penalty of sez-
ure and confscation.
If cargo Of Malaga fruit should be brought
into any port in this State, and with it guam
tity Of wine, designed for sale in this market,
the wine could not be landed and stored here
beyond 81 hours, on pain of seizure and
destruction.
Dot ~ 10 hot wi PapOoS " OiSScSA thiS
law, or point out its Inconsistencies at this
time. Its good or evil effects will soon be
manifest, if it is enforced, as all laws should
be =
SEC. 4. No apothecary or druggist shall
keep or use any such liquors for any other
purpose than zhe preparation of medicines or
-dered by physician of sober life, and not ad
dicted 10 the use of intoxicating liquors,
whose name shall be subscribed 10 the pre-
scription 10 be put up prepared by such
druggist or apothecary in his own shop; and
he shall not suffer any such liquor TO be drank
on his premises, or 10 be carried away to be
drank or used elsewhere. No druggist, apoih-
ecary, artist or manufacturer shall keep or use
such liquors for any other purposes than the
common uses made thereof in his art
sfactory, and he shall not suffer any such
liquor to be drank on his premises or to be
carried away therefrom If any apothecary
or druggist, artist or manufacturer, shall vo-
late any of the provisions OF this section, he
shall on conviction for first offence, be pun
ished by fine of one hundred dollars and costs
and three months imprisonment in the common
Jail or house of correction, and for the second
and every subsequent conviction, by fine of
two hundred dollars and costs, and imprison-
ment in the common Jail or house of correc-
ton, six months.
SEC. 5. No person shall travel from place
to place in this State, conveying with him per-
sonally, or in any carriage or vehicle, any in
toxlcatlng liquors, including every kind of
beer, cordial, and liquid preparations, purport-
ing to be medicinal, part of which is com
posed of intoxicating liquors, with the inten-
tlon to sell or use the same in any manner for
hidden by this act, under penalty for the first
IF a, Epa aof. doI ~
and thirty days Imprisonment for the second
conviction, twenty dollars and costs, and sixty
days Imprisonment for the third conviction,
fine of twenty dollars and costs, and ninety
days Imprisonment, and for the fourth and ev-
cry subsequent conviction, he shall be deemed
common seller, and punished by fine of
two hundred dollars and costs, and six months
imprisonment in the common Jail or house of
correction. Any persons offending against the
provisions of this section, shall be liable TO be
arrested on warrant on the complaint or oath
Of any citizen of the State, on which warrant
his person, carriage or vehicle may be search
ed, and such liquors if found thereon, seized
Such complaint and warrant, and the subse-
quent proceedings thereon, shall be substan-
tally the same in form and substance as in
this act provided in cases of arrest, search and
seizure of liquors kept and deposited in the
manner forbidden in this acr.
SEC. 6. All such liquors brought into this
State for the purpose of being conveyed
through this State TO places beyond its borders
shall not be kept or deposited in any city or
town in this State, for the space of more than
twenty-four hours, (lhe hours OF Sunday ex-
cepted,) except in case of inevitable accident,
and if 50 kept, shall be liable 10 be seized and
forfeited, under the provisions of this act, as
being kept and deposited for unlawful sale
and if such liquors shall be seized on a war
rant. and proceeded with this requires
and directs, and the respondent shall allege,
in defence against such process, that such
liquors were in transitu, and not intended for
sale in this State, it shall be deemed sufficient
10 show on the other side, that such liquors
were kept or deposited in any city or town in
the State, for the space of tweniy-four hours
Whenever any such liquors shall be seized
and on trial the owner keeper shall claim
that they were in transitu, and therefore ex-
empt from seizure, he shall set forth in the
claim the name of the place 10 which they were
about to be carried, and if on trial, it shall ap-
pear that the liquors are of such description, as
20 the quantities of the casks or packages in
which they are contained, or in other respects
as are by the revenue or other laws of the
Province or State, TO which they were to be
carried, prohibited to be introduced therein,
that fact shall be Sufficient evidence that they
were kept and deposited for unlawful sale
within this State.
SEC. z. No stage drier, express man, com
mon carrier, teamster, or other agent shall
carry from place TO place within this State,
any such liquors, except for agencies provid-
ed for in this act, under penalty of fine oa
twenty dollars and costs for the first conyic-
ton, twenty dollars fine, costs and thirty days
Imprisonment for the second conviction, tive
hundred dollars fine and costs and three months
imprisonment for the third conviction, and four
hundred dollars and six months Imprisonment
for the fourth and every other subsequent of
fence. Such carrying shall be prima face
evidence of intention ts violate the provisions
of this section, subject however, TO such evil
dence as may be adduced on the part of de-
fendant TO show that he had no such intentions.
q The following extract from the Port
land Inquirer shows how Austin Wiley backs
out of falsehood -
The Hallowel Gazette reminds Us that al
81 though the Legislature adjourned on Satur-
q day, the pay roll corered Sunday and Monday
And that was not unreasonable, for the mem
bers were there on expense. and Augusta peo-