Wednesday, December 1, 2010

See ya at the Blind Pig!

Don't know what a "Blind Pig" is?
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Perhaps you know it instead as a "Blind Tiger."
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     Well you've been waiting for a great post, so here it is, courtesy of the Corpus Juris Secundum of 2010:
A "blind tiger" or "blind pig" is a place where intoxicating liquors are sold on the sly in violation of law;[FN1] a place where, in defiance of law, intoxicating liquors are kept for illegal sale.[FN2] It has been defined by statute as a place in which intoxicating liquors are sold by any device whereby the person selling or delivering the liquor is concealed from the person buying or receiving it;[FN3] and as a place, in prohibition territory, where spirituous, malt, or intoxicating liquors are kept for sale, barter, exchange, or habitual giving away as a beverage in connection with any business conducted at such place.[FN4]
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[FN1] Ill.—People v. Simmons, 330 Ill. 494, 161 N.E. 716 (1928).
[FN2] Ala.—Allison v. State, 1 Ala. App. 206, 55 So. 453 (1911).
[FN3] Tex.—Fitch v. State, 58 Tex. Crim. 366, 127 S.W. 1040 (1910).
[FN4] La.—State v. Doremus, 137 La. 266, 68 So. 605 (1915).


1 comment:

  1. If you have been caught running a blind pig establishment contact a Paulding County criminal defense lawyer at atlanta-westgeorgialawyers.com.

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