Schulenberg v. State

Jackson, C.

The defendant was found guilty of unlawfully keeping-intoxicating liquors for the purpose of sale without license. He presents the case in this court for review by petition in error.

The principal and important question arises out of the assumption of counsel on either side that the jury were required to taste of certain liquors produced in evidence on behalf of the state. The record in that respect presents this condition: A state’s witness was being examined by the prosecution. A portion of the contents of a bottle in evidence was poured into a glass, and- the witness was required…