People v. Philpott

Defendant -was convicted of violating the liquor law, in keeping a place where intoxicating liquors and beverages were possessed and sold and in selling Jamaica ginger for beverage purposes to one John Wilson. When prohibition became effective in May, 1918, defendant quit the saloon business and opened a wholesale and retail grocery store. May 24, 1920, he sold to John Wilson an unlabeled six-ounce bottle of Jamaica ginger, charging him $3 therefor, and on the same day one of his clerks made a like sale to Mr. Wilson, who had just recovered from a spree on Jamaica ginger procured elsewhere.

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