State v. Hollingsworth

The defendant was convicted and sentenced for selling for beverage purposes intoxicating liquor, to wit:

“Extract of Jamaica ginger, an alcoholic liquid containing- more than one-half of 1 per cent, of alcohol by volume, and fit for use for intoxicating beverage purposes.”

His appeal presents eleven bills of exception as follows:

Bill of Exception No. 1.

A witness for the state was asked:

“State whether or not this tincture of Jamaica ginger you bought from the defendant was fit for beverage purposes.”

And the question was objected to by the defendant as calling for the opinion of the witness, “and…