The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1914-01-16

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sehool nouse. III 1893 TIE lsiEssla,
Iture u tAeIssass pa@ssd ~hHs Il ssz'
monty kaopn ~ sAs ssatssids prvAi-
hition Law. Prior 70 the sassaxe y
this act the legislature had psssed I
law providing that possession q a.
Internal revenue Eicsnse Or stamp tar
sas priina fsci* evidence Of violation
~ the four,mile law. The supreme
court In psssins upon this stasase.
has held thai In he abseaee Of any
countsrvailipg evidence. tn other
words. explanatory evidence. as to the
possssAlon Of such liquor license, 10
sutrilisat to warrant the sndlctmsns
and conviction os violating the four
mile law. There Ii also statute.
gentlemen OF the Jury. which provides
. penalty for any person engaging 10
the retail or Wholesale liquor business
without first taking out license, civ
Ing the bond and taking the oath as
required by Law, and any such person
10 subject 10 Indictment who has not
complied With the Law in this respect
1T IL your duty TO indie, every person
who holds q federal liquor license, ex.
eept druggists. who have the RICH, 70
sell alcohol for medicine or domestic
purposes upon prescription from q
reputable physician. Should you BE-
satisfied from the evidence that the
prescription upon which 4 sale Ia made
was simply fraud To enable the party
TO get spiritnous liquors to drink is
a beverage. and not as 4 medicine,
such prescription would afford the
seller no protection. Both the drug.
gist and the physician would be tn.
dictahle for violating the fogrsaasa
law. No reputable druggist or physi-
clan would knowingly enter into
transaction of this kind. Az the same
time there are persons who win re.
sort 10 every conceivable subterfuge
In order to evade aud nuilify the plain
provisions Of the law. There are any
number of persons who formerly sold
liquor who now claim that tneir place
has been leased to another, I've no
doubt a number Of them are bona nde
transactions. Al some OF these places,
however, the original holder OF the
lease continues 10 hang around day
and night and somebody continues to
sell liquor. II is very plain that such
leases are a fraud and were made to
deceive the court and the jury, want
YOU 10 go into these cases fully. Don't
stand for frauds and subteriuges.
"A number OF persons who recently
surrendered their federal liquor II.
censcs have again taken out from the
Office of the collector OF internal reyc-
nue. a retail liquor dealers license.
+, is your duty to bring In indictments
against each OF them. The court is
not going 10 tolerate such transactions.
An innocent man liz not going TO take
out any license or projection from
in the United States court
simply because "A revenue officer lnti-
mates that he has something on him.
'If these men have taken out H.
cense as protection against proseca-
ton In the federal court. you have the
right to assume that they have. been
selling liquor. Otherwise they would
not fear prosecution by the govern
ment. II they have sold liquor with.
out having n federal license, then they
are liable TO prosecu, on by both the
state and federal government. The
attitude OF these men Is that OF open
and bold defiance OF all authority
They demand protection by the courts
when their personal or property rights
are invaded, and yet when the state
their right 10 engage In a
business which Il has outlawed. they
are at once In open rebellion
Il wish TO say TO YOU, gentlemen,
that every law against the sale Of
liquor, now In force or hereafter TO
take effect, will ba enforced 10 the
letter. and you are expected TO Nnd
indictments against NIL persons who
violate any Of these laws"