Altschul v. State

Ernst Altschul was convicted before a justice of the peace on a trial by jury, for selling adulterated wine in violation of this act of March 26, 1891, 88 O. L., 231.

He filed a petition in error in the court of common pleas, where the judgment of the justice was affirmed, and he filed in this court a petition in error to reverse the previous judgments.

He claims that the justice erred in refusing his request to instruct the jury “that they must be satisfied from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant must have known the wine to have had alcohol and sugar unlawfully…