Every owner, lessee, sub-lessee, or occupant of any boat, house, outhouse, or other building, or tenement in which the liquors described in Section 97-31-27 are unlawfully kept, sold, bartered, or given away, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, if he shall connive therein, directly or indirectly, in any manner, or shall fail to give information thereof when he knows of the same, or of circumstances indicating the same, to some conservator of the peace. Proof of an unlawful keeping of such liquors, or of an unlawful sale, barter, or giving away thereof, in such building, shall constitute presumptive evidence of a violation of this section by any owner, lessee, sub-lessee, or occupant who has not given the information herein required. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not less than one week nor more than three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 31 - Intoxicating Beverage Offenses
§ 97-31-5. Alcoholic preparations; unlawful to sell or keep certain preparations; exceptions
§ 97-31-7. Alcoholic preparations; permit to solicit or take orders
§ 97-31-9. Alcoholic preparations; record of purchases required
§ 97-31-11. Ginger preparations; extracts
§ 97-31-21. Manufacturing or distilling unlawful; making wine at home permitted; penalties
§ 97-31-23. Manufacturing or distilling unlawful; possession of still
§ 97-31-27. Sale, possession, etc. of intoxicating beverages prohibited; penalties
§ 97-31-37. Sale of alcohol by druggists; certain sales by retail and wholesale druggists permitted
§ 97-31-39. Sale of alcohol by druggists; medicinal purposes; physician's certificate
§ 97-31-41. Sale of alcohol by druggists; wine for sacramental purposes
§ 97-31-45. Sale of alcohol by druggists; penalties for certain violations
§ 97-31-47. Transportation of intoxicating liquors into or within state unlawful
§ 97-31-49. Solicitation of orders for liquors, etc. unlawful
§ 97-31-51. Witnesses; immunity from prosecution granted; penalty for refusing to testify
§ 97-31-53. Penalty for violations where punishment not specifically prescribed