State v. Walbridge

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

Defendants were convicted of manufacturing and having in their possession intoxicating liquor, and appeal.

Walbridge bought a quart can of Jiffy Brew Malt. A statement was printed on the container in two places that the content was nonintoxicating. A recipe for using the malt was also printed on the container. Walbridge bought a miscellaneous lot of bottles, eighty-five in number, bought a bottle capper, took them home, used the malt according to directions, and bottled the product. Then the undersheriff appeared. Mrs. Walbridge made a frantic…