Sec. 490(17). Ardent spirits, finding of ardent spirits
or United States liquor dealer's tax receipt, etc.—
prima facie evidence—who to be tried.
Whenever ardent spirits shall be seized in any room, building,
car, or other place, searched under the provisions of this section
the finding of such ardent spirits or of a United States Liquor
Dealer's Tax Receipt in any such place, shall be prima facie evidence
of the unlawful manufacturing, selling, keeping and storing
for sale, gift, or use by the person or persons occupying such
premises, or by any person named in any United States Internal
Revenue Tax Receipt posted in any room or found anywhere on
said premises, or elsewhere, and the proprietor or other person
in charge of the premises where such ardent spirits are found,
or who is so named in such United States Government tax receipts,
shall be tried for the manufacturing, selling and keeping
and storing for sale unlawfully.
