57-9-117 - Disposition of liquor bearing no federal tax stamp Destruction of spoiled liquor.

57-9-117. Disposition of liquor bearing no federal tax stamp Destruction of spoiled liquor.

Should liquor not having a federal stamp on the bottle or package be captured or taken in possession by officers, then the court shall order such liquor destroyed, or may order it turned over to federal authorities for evidence; and if it should appear that any liquor seized in accordance with the provisions of this part, though having a federal stamp thereon, is not fit for consumption, the court shall order the same to be destroyed.

[Acts 1947, ch. 127, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 11232; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 57-618.]