State v. Yager
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Montgomery District Court. The defendant was indicted for keeping a nuisance in using a building in the sale of intoxicating liquor. The trial resulted in a verdict of guilty, and a judgment of a fine of $400. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, Ch. J.
At the time of the acts complained of, the defendant held a permit from the board of supervisors of Montgomery county to sell intoxicating liquors for medicinal, mechanical, culinary and sacramental purposes. The evidence tended to show that while holding such permit he sold beer by the keg, to be used by the purchaser in mixing the same with other ingredients in the manufacture of a beverage called “ I. M. Soda-Water.” The evidence did not show that the beverage thus manufactured was intoxicating. But the court instructed the jury that if they should find that the defendant sold…
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