Case Name: STATE v. MORRIS. In re MORRIS
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1909-03-15
Citations: 123 La. 545
Docket Number: No. 17,481
Parties: STATE v. MORRIS. In re MORRIS.
Judges: LAND, J. I concur in the decree.
Reporter: Louisiana Reports
Volume: 123
Pages: 545–549

Head Matter:
(49 South. 170.)
No. 17,481.
STATE v. MORRIS. In re MORRIS.
(March 15, 1909.
On Rehearing, April 26, 1909.)
Intoxicating Liqtjobs (§ 164*) — Sales at Wholesale.
The sale of alcoholic liquors at wholesale not being prohibited in Caddo parish, the offer to sell at wholesale (different from the offer to sell at retail) is not a crime.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Intoxicating Liquors, Dec. Dig. § 164.*]
(Syllabus by the Court.)
C. G. Morris was convicted for violation of the liquor law, and applies for writs of certiorari and prohibition.
Reversed.
Alexander & Wilkinson, for relator. Walter Guión, Atty. Gen., and James Martin Foster, Dist. Atty. (Ruffin Golson Pleasant and Frank J. Looney, of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
BREAUX, C. J.
For reasons stated, it is therefore ordered, adjudged, and decreed that the finding of the district court of guilty against defendant, as well as all proceedings against him, be avoided, annulled, and reversed, that he be discharged, and his bond canceled. Only on the ground before stated the demurrer is sustained.
LAND, J. I concur in the decree.