Commonwealth v. Lexington Brewing Co.

Opinion op the Court by

Chiep Justice Hobson—

Affirming.

George Yaffe was conducting a soft drink establishment in Lebanon, Kentucky, where the local option law is in force. He ordered through a drummer of the Lexington Brewing Company a lot of malt mead. The order given the drummer was received by the Lexington Brewing Company at Lexington, and there approved. The goods were shipped from Lexington to Yaffe by rail. He began selling the goods, and some of the bottles were examined by a chemist on the application of the police authorities. It turned out that the contents of the bottles was lager…