Isner v. United States

WEBB, District Judge.

The defendant, Creed Isner, was indicted and convicted for unlawfully possessing “intoxicating liquor, to wit, 70 gallons of grape wine.”

The main facts on the trial below showed that the defendant had a quantity of wild cherries and elderberries, and made an effort to get from the state authorities a permit to make wine of them. The berries were grown on his own farm. He put them into a barrel and strained out the berries, having added about two gallons' of water to one gallon of juice. Having failed to secure a permit, he placed the barrel containing the juice and water…