Gunnison news-champion., 1915-12-17
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~ attorney. who spoke si the
- court hss-e on festsres es the
~ pzohibItion lac for Cosorsao. wss
~ eeted With A. large an audience
- scted However. quite . crosd
- uase Interested he'd gathered and
~ hsIser explained IN short concise
- the main points to be regarded.
B vas particularly severe on the
- b. lands that was an artistic tongue
les
a planned by Mr.. Weiser and re
asaur t0 the main facts, the constite
oD.a amendment - adapted n 1913
~ gIaes that after the FIRST VI January
leot H0 person. association or corpora
- saall within this state mangfsc-
ture tor sale, or gift any Intoxicating
Hlron and no person. association, or
evaporation shall import into the state
~ ntoxicstine liquors. or offer any
'aAzIcstine hqaors for sale. barter or
s0as provided however, the handling
u hteEicsting liquors for medicinal or
eoDremantsl porpeses may be provided
By statute.
yhe following acts under law are con
PRED a. violations: IL shall be con
kred unlawful for the officers. EN-
UDvss or uo0bers II = club, or the
pDprletor, Ranager OF employee of .
e0el, restsusoat, r00RsnG house, board
- house or any pssce Of entertainment
- feep or stet N ksepsnG say iRtoxics-
- liquors for sale or gift or for ai-
1pn or dsstributi0a. Hor The first
q lnse of . violati0n of this les, the
q 0bnder, if % iaasviAsal, Ne sAell he
QuAished by . ne Of e1e0 10 e3kaD, % ~
49, to six months in Jail % both; sub
e1onent offenses within five yesrs Of the
esst one, constitute . felony, punishsble
~ TO 3 years in the penitehtIsry. IL
yeo1sted BY . corporation the hne f0r
10 inst offease sRa for the second o.
4ose also, . Rne of fr0m d, ~ 70
~; the menA0er 0f the carp0sstion
hg subject 10 the iaprissaasst
- = $1,000 = s1sssio -
lS e. $780, = 1guo =
Assl!&Ps.:ss.s H~. =
-
| In cs9anstsea With b80tteGeinG, ssTin-
gent eAGgts will he mode to psasscvte
and eli0iaote this menace. The great
est obstacle sAe officers have hsd to en-
counter in the past has been the evi-
dence Of perjurers, and Weiser stated
that be hsd more respect and the law
had onore respect for = man who Kills
another in the heat of the moment, than
n - Zoe 800 uyha xy,Il ua cnlmlv end
1eIIberately on the stand and perjure
himself to protect criminal.
Ii shall be be unlawful for a special
or common carrier to carry liquor over
or lnto the state, except for lawful pur
poses; or to deliver it to a minor. hcti-
u0as name or any other person save
the consignee; or open or permit to be
opened sny original package while in
transit or sndeiIvered; or to ship or to
carry liQuor unless marked: This
package contains intoxicating liquors. y
Any Wan who figures on renting =
buildlng for club purposes has to con-
sder this: Any person can swear out q
c0mpaaint and have an injunction sworn
0ut aGalnst the owner of q building
wherein hs believes liquor is sold. This
action IN the name of the people,
can sbete and perpetuslly enjoin
the some. Violation of this order
is Contempt of court and subjects the
uffender to fine and the court shall
order the exits from the building to be
securely fastened and kept closed for
rom three 70 six months.
Any person who has reason to believe
that intoxicating liquors are being sold
may have . search warrant issued,
searching sny place except . private
ressdence: and even . private residence
may be searched IL part Of il is used ss
a store, shop. boarding house, etc.
" Ith this warrant officers may break
Open the premises and seize the liquor
aid furniture used in sale and hold them
tor the court. There is no property
ghts IN liquor, fixtures, bars. etc.
There 10 no limit to the amount of
H4uor one may have in his own home,
ates Weiser, rs far he reads the law,
q It is bought out Of the state and the
sgular procedure provided for is fol-
Iuwed. When you get the shipment
y11 must pay the express agent % cents
and take an oath that your true name
40 and so. give address, swear that
Epl are over II. and the conslgnee nam
"a. and state whether for personal,
TIediciDal or sacremental use. THIS
uath is kept open for two years for pub
c inspection. and if false. makes one
able to perjury prosecution. The eN-
.ress agent must file statement m
ritrng every month with the county
ERIK showing all this.
Druggists may sell liquor upon writ
en prescription only by registered
uhysicians in actual practice. Special
uImbered form blanks are to be used,
nd the physician must give all the par
fculars about the one for whom the
I4uor is wanted, such as name, date,
stdress, date. hour, the disease or NAL
siy and the number and dates of pre-
FIous prescriptions given to patient the
vear preceding. They must be present
q within Is hours after their date, and
nall be for no more than four ounces.
Z hey must be kept on file for two years.
The temptation is hard for many
1ruggists. stated Weiser, even though
hey are good. law abiding citizens. as
people Will plead with them for a small
gTrIapfIfx nf homes IfnAey the tSU the