Hare v. State

*455OPINION

By CROW, J.

The precise question we have to decide on the first ground of error, is whether when there was the proof of the sale of whiskey, it was necessary to also prove that the whiskey contained more than 3.2 percentum of alcohol by weight and that it was fit for use for beverage purposes.

That the word “whiskey” means an intoxicating liquor is so notorious as to require judicial notice of the fact; that is to say proof of such fact is unnecessary. Bouvier’s Law Dictionary, Rawle’s Third Revision, 1739. Lewis’ Sutherland Statutory Construction, Second Edition, §466. 280 SW 703, 705.

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