Legal Opinion

Wilcox v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 17, 1911No. 3068PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Accusation of selling liquor; from city court of Fitzgerald— Judge Wall. November 4, 1910.

1Opinion of the CourtPowell, J.

1. The plaintiff íd error was convicted of selling intoxicating liquor. According to the State’s evidence he was selling beer; also whislcy. One of the main questions at issue in the trial court was as to whether the beer was intoxicating. A witness who bought and drank some of the beer testified, that he did not know whether it was lager beer or not, and that he did not drink enough of it for it to make him drunk, but it produced a dizziness and a funny feeling, and he was of the opinion that if a person should drink enough of it he would become drunk. He also expressed what amounted to an…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State v. BradnackSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1897
  2. Oliver v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1910

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Williford v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1937
  2. State v. SnyderNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1924
  3. People v. BarkerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1938
  4. Hodges v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1950
  5. Kent v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1914

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