28-4-316
Section 28-4-316 Grand jury proceedings generally - Effect of failure of person to attend and testify in obedience to summons. Any person who is summoned as a witness before the grand jury to answer as to any violation of law for the suppression of intemperance or prohibiting the manufacture, sale or other disposition of prohibited liquors or beverages or the keeping or maintaining of any unlawful drinking place, or liquor nuisance and who fails or refuses to attend and testify in obedience to such summons without good cause, to be determined by the court, is guilty of contempt and also of a misdemeanor and, on conviction of such misdemeanor, must be fined not less than $20.00 nor more than $300.00 and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than three months, at the discretion of the court. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Code 1923, §4633; Code 1940, T. 29, §109.)...
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28-3-242
Section 28-3-242 Procedure for confiscation and sale of goods, etc.; nature of proceedings against goods, etc.; court proceedings for collection of tax due and assessed. (a) In all cases of seizure of any goods, wares, merchandise or other property made as being subject to forfeiture under provisions of this chapter which, in the opinion of the officer or person making the seizure, are of the appraised value of $50.00 or more, the said officer or person shall proceed as follows. He shall cause a list containing a particular description of the goods, wares, merchandise or other property seized to be prepared in duplicate and appraisement thereof, to be made by three sworn appraisers to be selected by him, who shall be respectable and disinterested citizens of the State of Alabama, residing within the county wherein the seizure was made. Said list and appraisement shall be properly attested by said officer or persons, and said appraisers, for which service each of said appraisers shall...
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28-4-55
Section 28-4-55 Allowance, etc., of operation, etc., of still, etc., upon premises by another. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to permit or allow anyone to have, possess, operate or locate on his premises any apparatus, plant or structure for the distilling or manufacturing of prohibited liquors or beverages or any of them. When such apparatus, plant or structure is found upon said premises, the fact shall be prima facie evidence that the tenant or owner in actual possession of the premises has knowledge of the existence of the same and of the purpose for which the same were to be used. Upon conviction of permitting or allowing the same to be upon his premises, such tenant or owner shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00 and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months for the first conviction, at the discretion of the court. On the second and every subsequent...
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28-4-133
Section 28-4-133 Duty of common carriers, etc., to permit examination of books, records, papers, etc., in connection with prosecutions under article, etc. In the prosecutions of violations of this article or any law for the suppression of the evils of intemperance or the promotion of temperance, any common carrier doing business in the State of Alabama or any person engaged in the transportation in the state or making deliveries in this state of the liquors mentioned in Section 28-4-120 or of other prohibited liquors and beverages is required to permit an examination of all his books, records, papers, bills of lading and accounts pertaining to the shipment of such liquors by any officer in this state whose duty it is to prosecute crime or ferret out criminals, when such information is sought for the prosecution of persons charged with or suspected of crime. (Acts 1915, No. 10, p. 39; Code 1923, §4701; Code 1940, T. 29, §170.)...
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28-4-323
Section 28-4-323 Admissibility and effect of evidence showing similarity in color, odor and general appearance between prohibited liquor or beverage and beverage shown to be manufactured, sold, kept, etc., by defendant; applicability of rule as to admissibility, etc., of said evidence in proceedings for abatement of liquor nuisances, etc. (a) In all prosecutions against any person for manufacturing, selling, offering for sale, keeping or having in possession for sale, bartering, exchanging, furnishing, giving away or otherwise disposing of prohibited liquors and beverages or for any one of the said acts, it shall be competent for the state to give in evidence the fact that the beverage which the evidence may tend to show the defendant had manufactured, sold, bartered, exchanged, furnished, given away or otherwise disposed of, possesses the same color, odor and general appearance or the same taste, color and general appearance of a prohibited liquor or beverage such as whiskey, rum,...
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3-1-29
Section 3-1-29 Activities relating to fighting of dogs prohibited; punishment; violations; confiscation; procedures for disposition of animals; bond for the care of seized dog; forfeiture. (a) It shall be a Class C felony for any person to do any of the following: (1) To own, possess, keep, or train any dog with the intent that such dog shall be engaged in an exhibition of fighting with another dog. (2) For amusement or gain, to cause any dog to fight with another dog, or cause any dogs to injure each other. (3) To permit any act in violation of subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection. (b) It shall be a Class C felony for any person to be knowingly present, as a spectator, at any place, building, or tenement where preparations are being made for an exhibition of the fighting of dogs, with the intent to be present at such preparations, or to be knowingly present at such exhibition or to knowingly aid or abet another in such exhibition. (c) Any dog used to fight other dogs in...
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15-5-50
Section 15-5-50 Warrant for tracking device installation; requirements; procedures. (a) Any circuit or district court judge in this state is authorized to issue a warrant to install a tracking device. The term tracking device means an electronic or mechanical device which permits the tracking of the movement of a person or object. (b) Upon the written application, under oath, of any law enforcement officer as defined in Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure 1.4, district attorney, or Attorney General of the state, including assistant and deputy district attorneys and assistant and deputy attorneys general, any authorized judge may issue a warrant for the installation, retrieval, maintenance, repair, use, or monitoring of a tracking device. The warrant application shall do all of the following: (1) State facts sufficient to show probable cause that a crime is being, has been, or is about to be committed in the jurisdiction of the issuing judge. (2) Identify the person, if reasonably...
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28-4-129
Section 28-4-129 Filing of statement by board; inspection of statement by district attorney or police officers. It shall be the duty of the board to file immediately the statement required by Section 28-4-127 as a part of the files of its office and to permit any sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, chief of police or other police officer of a municipality, district attorney whose duty it is to prosecute crime in the county in which delivery is made and any other peace officer of the county or officer charged with the duty of prosecuting violations of the law to inspect the said statements as they may desire at any time and especially to permit inspection thereof by any officer or other duly authorized person seeking information for the prosecution of persons charged with or suspected of crime, especially the crime of selling, giving away, bartering, keeping for sale or otherwise disposing of liquors or any beverages prohibited by the laws of the state to be sold, given away, kept for...
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9-11-396
Section 9-11-396 Penalties for violations of provisions of article, etc.; powers of law enforcement officers, etc., as to enforcement of article, etc.; custody and disposition of equipment, etc., seized in connection with violations of article, etc.; disposition of moneys arising from fines and forfeitures. (a) Any person who violates a provision of this article or any regulation promulgated pursuant to this article or of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 or regulation promulgated thereunder or who fails to procure or violates the terms of any permit issued pursuant thereto shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00 or be imprisoned not more than six months or both. (b) Any officer employed and authorized by the commissioner or any law enforcement officer of the state or of any municipality or county within the state shall have authority to conduct searches as provided by law and to execute a warrant to search for and seize any equipment,...
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28-4-311
Section 28-4-311 Appointment of inspectors, etc., to detect and report violations of prohibition laws; offer and payment of rewards for convictions of persons violating laws. The Governor may appoint and employ, subject to the provisions of the Merit System, such inspectors or secret service men or such other persons as he may deem necessary for the purpose of detecting and reporting upon violations of the prohibition laws, or any of them, and contract with them for reasonable compensation to be paid by the state for their services. He may also offer a reward to all sheriffs, constables or other persons, in his discretion, who will bring about the conviction of any person for the violation of said laws and particularly for the violation of the laws against the manufacture of prohibited liquors, and may state the amount that will be paid out of the State Treasury to any officer or person who may secure the conviction of anyone guilty of the offense of illicit distilling or other...
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