Brooks v. State

Vander Brooks was convicted of the crime of being a common liquor dealer, under Section 3 of Chapter 6179 of the Laws of Florida of 1911, which forms Section 3448a of Florida Compiled Laws, 1914, Annotated, and which will be found copied in Smith v. State, 62 Fla. 91, 57 South. Rep. 348, and Thompson v. State, 66 Fla. 206, 63 South: Rep. 423.

The first error assigned is as follows: “The court erred in admitting in evidence over the objection of defendant of the bottle marked Cream of Kentucky Whiskey, it not being shown that said bottle contained whiskey or intoxicating liquor.”

We find that…