The Forrest City times., 1892-01-15
The BLIND TIGER" LAW.
An Actt to Prrvcniitac. .Cipnacsiine sale oi
 ksfaxfcHtins Liquors.

An \ ct to Prrventitac. Cipndesitnc ~ai> oi fstosieattns Liquors.
 SECTION 1926. Any person owning or uslng or controlling any house or i tenement of any kind who shall sell CT | give away. or cause or allow tO be sold or given away, or keep or allow to De
 kept for sale or to be given away. any
 alcohol, ardent or vinOus spirits or malt
 liquors, or any compound CT tincture
 commonly called bitters or tonies,
 whether the same be sold or given away openly or secretly. hy such de-
 vice as is known as tho blind tiger, or
 by any other name or under any other
 device, shall be deemed guilty oi a
 misdemeanor,
 SEC. 1927. If any person shall obtain
 any such alcohol, ardent or Nlnous
 spirits, or malt liquors. of any eon.
 pound or tineture commonly called
 bitters or tonics, in any house, room or
 tenement so owned. occupied or con
 troled by another, by going therein or
 thereto, and by call, sound, word or i token. it shall be pr.ma facic evidence
 of the guilt of the person who so owns,
 occupies or controls such house, room
 or tenement, or If any persons are M- ! lowed to pass through or into any '
 or occupied by another and there Ob- tain such alcohol, ardent or vinous spirits or malt liquors, or any com
 pound or tincture commonly called bit | tcrs or tonics, it shall be deemed pre- sumptiye evidence of the guilt of the part, who owns, controls or occupies such house or room. ! SEC. 1928. It shall be the duty of all | ministerial. executive and judicial of i 6csrs to fa.thfGiis enforce the pr0vl5- ] ioLs of this act; and 1t shall be tue du- ty of the prosecuting attorneys To prosecute under this act, and point to appoint deputies fin each county or | their respective districts to prosecute | for the state in t5eir absence.
 | SEC. 1929. Whenever any person
 shall file with any justice of the peace,
 or the mayor of any town or clty, d statement, under oath, that he has reason to believe, and does believe,
 that the person named Ill the ai1davlt has violated any of the provisions or l this act, it shall be the duty Of the prosecuting attorney, or the attorney so appointed to represent him, or the state, to file an information before said justice of the peace or mayor, who shall issue thereon writ tor the arrest of the person so charged and | take him before the officer issuing such writ for trial.
 SEC. 1880. If the person making the affidavit shall state the house, room or place in which he believes the things | herein prohibited are sold or given
 away, the officer to whom the writ is delivered shall forthwith enter such house and the different rooms and apartments therein, whether opened or closed, whether by day or night,
 and search for such spirits or liquors, and if any be found therein, or a | United States license to sell such ! liquors, it shall be prima facie evidence
 of the guilt of tie party owning or controlling the house, and If he lind any person else in charge of such | liquors he shall arrest him also and bring him before the officer issuing the
 writ for trial. | SEC. 1931 No warrant shall be issued | to search dwelling-house, occupied as such, unless it or some part of 1t IS
 used as an inn, or shop, or for pur-
 poses of traffic, or unless the mag | istrate, before whom the complaint shall be made, is satisfied by evidence
 presented 10 him. and so alleges in Sdlu WdffallL, tIldb lHtOAiCotiiiB ilquoi l is kept ill such house or It's appurte-
 rances, and that said liquor is intend | ed for sale in violation of law
 SEC. 1892. Any and all persons who
 may or shall be convicted of violating this law shall be fined in any sum not less than two hundred dollars and not
 more than five hundred dollars, for
 each and every offense, and be i'm
 prisoned for thirty days. Provided, | this act shall not apply to any person
 giving away spirituous liquors or wines to friends upon his own resident prem ises with no vlew to profit. nor to any person who has state and county H. cense to sell such liquors.
 SEC. 1883. Tine prosecuting atter-
 ney shall have like fees, and the judg-
 ments shall be enforced in like man.
 ner, as in other caaes of convictions for misdemeanors.
 SEC. 1884. Nothing in this act shall be so construed as to interfere with the
 business of those legally authorized to deal in any of the articles prohibited in this act, nor with the use of said
 articles in private families nor in the
 mechanical arts.