OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

QROYL” BLLLm”. 

1Ro~“&!” (DIIIIAL 

Hon. Bert Ford, Administrator 

Texas Liquor Control Board 

Sustin 1, Tbxas 

Dear Sirr opinion No. 0 

We have your letter 

Vie are submitit 

0r GrapesugfAr Ltd., 

appare3ltl.y lealmul 

salee a&ant8 to distr 

aa ‘Orapesaga 

mauuraeturing 

..:..$‘: ,.;.:I,,.;:. ~~,! ,Ti,.z,:irLi, 

oonalderlng the matter wlll you klably ad&k whether in your opinion ihe manuiaoturem of this produet and their agenta aotfng dthIn the State of Texas in advanoing the sale of 

*Grapesugar* ror the purpose oi manufaaturing or 
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Hon. Bert Ford, p. 2 

iermenting an alooholio beverage are aotlng In 

violation of+ the State law in soliciting orders 

for this product from persons who are not the 

holders of permits privileging the manufaoture 

of alooholio beverages.* 

You enolose advertising material Baling the followlngolaims and represeqtations, among others: 

"Dear Sir; THIS IS IT.' Cut below shows 

faoe of paokage, aotual afee, 

"This package will fenaent;oolor and tlavor ,,,. 

TWU OALLOW of fresh fruit JUoe, dr@d rmlt 

juloe or other sweet liquide. The result is's' 

beverage of .lS to 14 peroent alo#ollo 4@+t 

wii$~spar~lng alear wine oolor and exoellent'~ 

. 

IMITBTIa :>i. :~.i~< 

side paokegs. 

VLctive~ ingredient rrine grep4 yeast developed iram wine grapes with a mixture. or 4hkred 

saoeharoee, meal and U. S... bertifled aolor.~ 

The pa&e everywhere arq oomple~telg OUT of 

&iidOEC&IC dx$Mo3 orverySRORTatekyhighgtiqa 

WFI.ne reettlte are prddueed with frqeh $!ru%$ 

julo$, duta8~ fmxn boiled, d~A6d N&%&t ~ezp% awed ~' 

llquide such aa ayrupe of et. any brd'atd fhe , 

maTket8 and steores are full of them. you d&Vi 

ne& an.np~ as eyruu& will do.Jn+t aa walli 

rxoelle . &any even ruport ilse 

results with just half syrup, halr water and this 

produot added, left in warm plaoe or etliving 

room temperature. Some use honey In ~$.a08 otSrnPE. Stxte add syrup to the fruit Juioe to inorease its sugar oontent and thus get a beverage . 
Hon. Bert Ford, p. 3 

. 

of a higher ALCOHOLIC oontent up 

sugar oontent is 28$ at start of 

Most brands of syrup contain 50% 

DIRECTIOWS ARD ALL AEGLES ARE IW 

“AN8 OUNCE GLASS OF SUCRABEVERAOE 00% 

TAIRIHO 14~~ALOOHOL oontalns OVER ORE OUECE OF 

ALOOHOL. A one ounoe glass of 100 pr4ot whiskey 

oontalns only l/2 an ounce of aloohol. lhua you 

get OVER TWICE as muoh ALCOHOL In an 8 ounoe 

alaas of suoh a beveraae as you do in one ounoe 

sass of the strongest-whislciy made. THAT18 . 

WHAT MARES SALES. That~aooounts for the demand. 

TRATISWBATCAEPUT$3OOO1MDE!lTIIRTOYDUR 

PBOEET IF YOU ARE EXl&EWCED AED A(IT QUICELY." 

"DIRECTIOES 

"SIMFLYPUTCYCZ?TEHTS OFTBISPAGKJ%E IWTO 

.AEYLBEl$Wi$I!NLIQUIDTOBEFERURTED. l@EPIE 

WARM PINE ARDIT WILL BE READY FOR USEWI!l?iIE 

OREORTW9lUYSAFTERFERMERT@IOEUEASES, TRUS 

CIVIROITTIblETOOIXARuP. USl!iALLoS’BiEPAUfCAGE FOR l%Q tULLO~,ORRALF OF IT l!DR.ORE GALLOW." 

There was also,enoloeed a letter from aerepresentative.of the manufaoturer, addreeeedto a pr4sp448ivs Texas 

agent, a part of whloh we quote: 

We have not as yet oloaed the Sxae tell 

rltory, but the little 3 line ad pulled so meny 

Inquiries that one would think there was not a 

lr=ps" eloohollo beverage In Bouston or in 

While we have quoted only a small portion of the 

advertising material It Is .suffloient to lndloate olearly 

that lte pui-pose~1s to enoourage persons In this State to 

msnufaotie.wine. It is only by obtaining a Class A or B 

Winery Permit as presorlbed by subdivisions 3 and 4 of Se41 
Hon. Bert Ford, p. 4 

tlon 15 'Texas Liquor Control A& that tuoh manufaature would 

be legai. 

The Tsxas Banal Code oontalns the following provlsi$m3:' 

. 

olude 

"Art. 70. Who is an aooomplioe. - - An 

aooomplioe is one who. is not present at the OQPmission. of an offense, but who, before the aot 

is done advises commands or anoourages another 

to oommjt the of&se ; or 

(I l . . .ëa 

*Who prepares arms or aid of any kind; prior 

to the ocsunlsslon 0r an offense, ror the purpose 

of assisting the prinolpal in the exeoution of 

the same.. W 

"Art. 72. ~Punlshment of aooanplloe. - - Aooomglloes shall, In all oases not otherwise expresalJr provided for, be punished fn .the sam4 

manu4r as the- prinoipal orresdsr.* 

l!Wm the facts set forth, It seams legioal to .4onthat a person selling the produot desbribed~ to, au unlloensed Individual Is advising and- enoouraglng him to manufaoture wine. Su4h an aot of manufaotire Is a violation 6f: 

law and is punishable as a mlsdsmeanor. Art. 666-41, V.P.0, 

It seem8 olear, moreover, that a sale of ths proda& under the airoumstanoss above outlined would bring th4 

shier within the .terms of the statutre abave quoted dotinlng sn ao44mplloe. In Tsxasb howIIer, the dlstln4tion between 

prinolpals and aooomplioes does n$ obtain in mlsdsmean4r~ 

aaserh It rollowe, therefore, that If the purchaser makes 

ah, oi.ths produot without a permit, then the s&l.lei end.the 

purohaser oould‘be proseouted as prlnalpals* 18 Tsx, SW., 

p. 3zu, Sea. 73. 

It is our opinion, ther4ror4, that in eaoh instanoe 

where a purohaser manufacturers wine without a psnait fkom 

the produot desorlbed, that both he and the seller may be 
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Eon. Bert Ford, pi 5 

prosecuted as prinolpals for violating the law0 

Very truly yours 

ATTORNEY G-RR-ElUL OF TElEBE(