The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-06-07
TO PROHIBIT
BLIND TIGERS
important Bill Introduced ty
Representative Faulkner
ILLICIT SELLER EXPOSED
Booze Buyers Compelled to Inform on
Sellers in Dry Counties. An It.
feCtive Prohibition.

The following is the text of the bill
introduced by Mr.. Faulkner, of Taylor
county, and which has passed both
branches Of the legislature and will be-
come II law upon its approval by the
governor. 1t is deserving of unqualified
appreciation.
A IiilI to be entitled an act to provide
method for the discovery of the
Illicit sale of Intoxicating liquors; to
punish false swearing therein, and to
arrest the vendor making such Illicit
sale.
BE it enacted by the legislature Of
the State of Florida:
Section /. whatsoever in any county
OF precinct wherein the sale of intoxi-
eating liquor is unlawful, or in any pre-
cinct wherein there is no licensed saloon
for the sale of such liquor, shall he
found in any public place in state of
INVESTIGATION on boistro Is, or in any way
under the influence Of Intoxicating
liquor, so that he does not behave in
natural manner, sh I'll be taken in
charge by any officer having the au-
thorty to make arrests, and detained
in custody until sober, and shall then
he taken before the county Judge or
the nearest justice of the peace, in or
der that he may be required to disclose
from whom he purchased such intoXi-
eating liquor.
Section 2. When such person is
brought before the county judge or
justice of the peace, the said magistrate
shall require him to testify under oath
as to where. when and from whom he
purchased such Intoxicating liquor, and
upon his refusal to testify at all, or up
on his testifying in such a manner as
to lead the court to believe that his
testimony is evasive or false, the mag
strate after warning, without effect,
shall adjudge him to be in contempt OF
court, and shall punish such contempt
of court by imprisonment in the county
Jail not exceeding twenty days, or by
fine not exceeding fifty dollars $500, or
by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 3. If upon the examination
mentioned in section 2, the person
brought before the magistrate shall
disclose the name of the person from
whom he purchased such Intoxicating
liquor. and the place and date of pur-
chase, and testify in such manner as
to lead the magistrate to believe that
the testimony is probably true, the
magistrate shall then and there reduce
or cause to be reduced the said testi-
mony to writing and have said person
sign it, and verify it by affidavit taken
and certified by the said magistrate.
If such person shall refuse to sign and
swear to the said testimony when re-
duced to writing, the said magistrate
shall attach his certificate under his
official seal that the said testimony
was taken before him under oath on
the date thereof.
Section t. If the said testimony re-
duced to writing shall show that any
person has illegally sold intoxicating
liquors in the county, the magistrate
shall isue his warrant for the arrest of
such person on a charge of selling in
toxicating liquor where the same is
prohibited by law, or of selling such in
toxicating liquor without license, as
the case may be, to be brought before
him for proceedings as in other cases.
If the examination aforesaid be
taken before justice Of the peace,
and the sale appears to have been
made outside his justice district, his
warrant shall nevertheless run through
out the county.
Section 5. The person disclosing
name of the vendor shall be brought be-
fore the magistrate to testify at the
preliminary hearing of the party
arrested and if his testimony does
not agree in any material with his
previous written testimony, he shall
be held on charge of perjury.
Section 6. Any testimony given un-
der this act by the person taken in
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