Compton v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Feom tbe Circuit Court of Clarke. Tried before tbe Hon. Wi. E. Clarke. cited and relied on Garl v. State, 87 Ala. 17; Knowles v. State, 80 Ala. 9. cited Code, § 403*7; Williams v. State, 91 Ala. 14; Garl v. Stale, 89 Ala. 93; Garson v. State, 69 Ala. 235; Gom. v. Kimball, 24 Pick. 366; Com. v. Halleti, 103 Mass. 452; 2 Wliart. Or. Law, 9th eel., 1506.
1Opinion of the CourtThobington, J.
Appellant was convicted under an indictment charging him with selling spiritous, vinous or malt liquors, without a license, and contrary to law.
The testimony for the State, as the bill of exceptions recites, tended to show that appellant sold “McLean’s Strengthening Cordial” and “Ginger Tonic”; that they were articles containing sufficient alcohol to produce intoxication; that persons bought them of appellant for the purpose of using them as a beverage “and did so use them and get drunk on them”; that appellant kept on hand a large quantity of said articles, which he sold regularly in…
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