Holding court in place where alcoholic beverages are sold prohibited; penalty

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RS 2585 - Holding court in place where alcoholic beverages are sold prohibited; penalty

It is unlawful for a justice of the peace to hold sessions of his court in any place used wholly or in part as a barroom, or in any other place where alcoholic beverages or spirituous liquors are sold or offered for sale. The violation of this section constitutes a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the parish jail for not more than sixty days, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.

Acts 1960, No. 32, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.


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