Moore v. State

This was an indictment-against the appellant, for selling intoxicating liquor to George Brown, a minor.

Trial by jury, and conviction.

The principal question controverted in the cause was whether the appellant acted in good faith in selling the liquor to Brown, believing him to be an adult.

The court gave to the jury the following, among other, charges, viz.:

“ 3. If the defendant sold the intoxicating liquor, as charged, to George Brown, who was in fact- then under twenty-one years of age, but if the defendant, when he so made such sale, believed that said George Brown was twenty-one years of…