State v. Brittain

The charge for which the defendant was convicted and sentenced, as amplified in answer to a motion for a bill of particulars, is the sale of 3 bottles of Jamaica ginger, commonly called “Jake,” which it is alleged contained about 90 per cent, alcohol, and was fit for use as an intoxicating beverage, and was sold for intoxicating beverage purposes.

The appeal presents four bills of exception, the first two ’of which we assume have been abandoned, as they are not discussed in the defendant’s brief. We have however considered them and find no merit in them. The third bill was reserved to the…