Section 97-31-27 - Sale, possession, etc. of intoxicating beverages prohibited; penaltiesIf any person shall sell or barter, or give away or keep or have in his possession, except as authorized in this chapter, any vinous, alcoholic, malt, intoxicating or spirituous liquor, or intoxicating bitters or drinks, which if drunk to excess will produce intoxication, such person, and all others who may have owned or had any interest at the time in the liquors, bitters or drinks sold or bartered, or kept or in possession contrary to law, shall on conviction, be punished as follows:
(a) By a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than one week nor more than three months, or both, for the first conviction under this section.(b) By a fine of not less than one hundred dollars and by imprisonment in the county jail not less than sixty days, nor more than six months, for the second conviction for violating this section.(c) By imprisonment in the state penitentiary not less than one year nor more than five years for conviction the third time under this section for the violation thereof after having been twice convicted of its violation.Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 11, art. 8(3); 1857, ch. 20, art. 9; 1871, § 2690; 1880, § 1112; 1892, § 1592; 1906, § 1746; Hemingway's 1917, § 2086; 1930, § 1974; 1942, § 2613; Laws, 1908, ch. 115; Laws, 1912, ch. 214.