The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-11-04
AMOUNT OF LIQUOR
In HOME UNLIMITED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TO
CLEAR UP MANY POINTS AS
TO PROHIBITION LAW.

Pathways across the dry desert
created by enforcement of wartime
prohibition and the eighteenth
amendment are dotted with ques-
tons.
For the guidance of wayfarers
along the Sahara Of the future, in
structions which apply solely to the
federal law and not to the state law,
Georgia having her own bone dry
statutes which remain in full force
regardless of the national law or any
that conflict Herewith, have been set
forth in the form of catechism, the
questions and answers having been
obtained from Washington expert
on the enforcement of the dry act.
Following are some of the answers
which will serve as a guide in observ-
ing prohibition as it relates to the
federal law:
Under the provisions of the act
which permits one to possess liquor
in his private dwelling for the per-
sonal use of the occupant and his
family there is no limitation on the
amount of liquor so held?
The person who has put in supply
for the use of himself and family
and this must have been done before
the wartime prohibition went into
effect on July may serve guest.
Where person has liquor in his
home and charges are brought that
liquor was not lawfully acquired,
possessed and used" the burden of
proof shall be upon the defendant.
To Search Requires Warrant.
Under the act a revenue agent, if
he has strong suspicious that the law
is being violated, may enter and
search a mans dwelling after a
search warrant has been issued.
The law is not clear on the point
as to whether the person who has
bought liquor for his personal use
may move it from one place to an
other. To remove the whisky in au-
tomobiles permits will probably be
required the same as for any other
kind of transportation. The act says
that one may have liquor legally held !
in his "private dwelling" and that |
no one shall search any "private
dwelling" unless it is being used for
the unlawful sale of Intoxicating liq-
uor. That part of section 25, title
2, which covers this, reads: "The |
term private dwelling shall be con-
strued to include the room and |
rooms used and occupied, not tran
silently, but solely as a residence in !
an apartment house, hotel, or board
ing house"
One who has bottle of liquor in
his room in a hotel would be ''tran-
silently occupying" the room and thus
not be exempt under this provision.
In guarding against the manufacture
of Intoxicating drinks in the home |
the sale of liquor recipes and formu-
las is forbidden.
The cider and fruit juice provision |
as applying to the home is not COW
cred. A question of Interpretation is
what is meant by "home use," but it |
appears this would be permitted. 1t |
would be taking risk, however; as,
for example, if the guest should re-
ceive per cent. cider and afterward, |
on the street, showed signs of intox-
ication the person who had given the
liquor to the intoxicated one would |
be subject to a fine and imprison-
ment.
Liquor that has been seized may be
turned over to any department or
agency of the United States govern
ment for scientific, mechanical or
medicinal purposes or sold at private
sales to persons authorized to buy.
Under the act if an intoxicated
person driving an automobile runs
down and Injuries another person the
injured person, or his executor if he
dies. shall have a right of action
against any person or his executor or
administrator, who sold or assisted in
procuring liquor for such intoxicated
person, and the plaintiff shall have a
right to recover actual and exemplary
damages.
Liquor signs left up over the coun-
try must be removed at the expense |
IF Tho oryDnrc of them