State v. Kane

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

Harry Kane appeals from a conviction for the violation of the prohibitory law — upon two counts for the sale of intoxicating liquor and upon one for having it in his possession.

The article for the sale of which the defendant was convicted was wild cherry extract, a preparation put up by the manufacturers for use in cooking. He admitted that he kept and sold it, his defense being that it is not intoxicating liquor within the meaning of the statute. The evidence was that he is a grocer carrying a stock of $10,000 to $15,000, and employing from…