Turner v. State

E. W. Turner, plaintiff in error, defendant below, was convicted for the alleged sale of an indefinite quantity of blackberry wine to one Floyd Batson. Turner had previously had Batson prosecuted for breaking into Turner’s house. While Batson was in jail on that charge, he lodged in the county court a complaint against Turner for selling him this wine.

Batson, the only witness for the state, says that in his judgment the wine had a 60 per cent, alcoholic content; three witnesses for the defendant claimed that it was sweet wine and without intoxicating properties. Defendant says he purchased it…