Case Name: STATE v. BASS
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1923-02-26
Citations: 153 La. 269
Docket Number: Nos. 25671, 25672
Parties: STATE v. BASS.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Reports
Volume: 153
Pages: 269–269

Head Matter:
(95 South. 714)
Nos. 25671, 25672.
STATE v. BASS.
(Feb. 26, 1923.)
(Syllabus by Editorial Staff.)
1. Statutes <®=>51 — Indictment for selling intoxicating liquor not subject to motion to quash on ground that statute unconstitutional.
Where defendant, charged with selling intoxicating liquor, asked no bill of particulars, but it appeared that the liquor was homemade corn whisky, motion to quash on ground that Act No. 39 of 1921, § 8, violates Const. 1921, art. 3, § 18, by defining intoxicating liquor by reference to federal legislation, was properly overruled.
2. Criminal law 1159(1) — Supreme Court cannot review facts affecting guilt or innocence.
Supreme Court has no jurisdiction over the facts affecting defendant’s guilt or innocen.ee of a criminal offense.
Appeal front Twelfth Judicial District Court, Parish of Vernon; John H. Boone, Judge.
Dave Bass was convicted on two charges of selling intoxicating liquor for beverage purposes, and he appeals.
Affirmed.
C. E. Hardin, of Leesville, for appellant.
A. V. Coco, Atty. Gen., and John B. Hill, Dist. Atty., of Many (T. S. Walmsley, of New Orleans, of counsel), for the State.

Opinion:
LAND, J.
Defendant was convicted and sentenced in each of these cases for selling intoxicating liquor for beverage purposes. He attacks the constitutionality of section ^ of Act 39 of 1921 on the ground that it contravenes section 18 of article 3 of the Constitution of 1921, in that it attempts to define intoxicating liquors by reference to federal legislation.
Defendant requested no bill of particulars before trial, but the record discloses that the intoxicating liquor sold by defendant was homemade corn whisky. The motion to quash was properly overruled. State v. Coco, 152 La. 241, 92 South. 883 ; State v. Baker, 152 La. 257, 92 South. 889 ; State v. Burke, 152 La. 255, 92 South. 888.
The motion for new trial in each case is on the ground that the conviction and sentence are contrary to the law and the evidence, and that the Hood Act is unconstitutional, for the reason already assigned and considered. Nothing additional is presented by these motions for us to review, as this court has no jurisdiction over the facts affecting the guilt or innocence of the accused.
The judgments appealed from are therefore affirmed in each case.