**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN**  **QROYL ”**  **BLLLm ”** 

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Hon. Bert Ford, Administrator Texas Liquor Control Board Sustin 1, Tbxas Dear Sirr opinionNo. 0

We have your letter Vie are submitit 0r GrapesugfAr

Ltd., appare3ltl.y

le almul salee a&ant8 to distr aa ‘Orapesaga mauuraeturing ..:..$‘: ,.;.: I,,.;:. ~~,! ,Ti,.z,:irLi,

oonalderlngthe 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 advanoingthe sale of *Grapesugar*

ror the purpose oi manufaaturingor.a.-4

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Hon. Bert Ford, p. 2
iermentingan alooholiobeverage are aotlng In violation of+

the State law in solicitingorders for this product from persons who are not the holders of permits privilegingthe manufaoture of alooholiobeverages.* You enolose advertising materialBaling the followlngolaims and represeqtations, among others: "Dear Sir; THIS IS IT.' Cut below shows faoe of paokage, aotual afee,

"This packagewill fenaent;oolor and tlavor ,,,. TWU OALLOW of fresh fruit JUoe, dr@d rmlt juloe or other sweet liquide. The result is's' beverage of .lSto 14 peroent alo#ollo 4@+t wii$~spar~lng alear wine oolor and exoellent'~

. IMITBTIa

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side paokegs. VLctive~

ingredient rrine

grep4 yeast developed iram wine grapeswith a mixture. or 4hkred saoeharoee,

meal and U. S...

bertifledaolor.~ The pa&e everywherearq 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 resultswith just half syrup, halr water **and this**  produot added, left in warm plaoe or etliving room temperature. Some use honey In ~$.a08otSrnPE. 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 oontentup

sugar oontent is 28$ at start of Most brands of syrup contain 50% DIRECTIOWSARD ALL AEGLES ARE IW

**“ AN8**  OUNCE GLASS OF SUCRABEVERAOE 00% TAIRIHO 14~~ALOOHOLoontalnsOVER 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 ’** **BiEPAUfC** AGE FOR l%Q tULLO~,ORRALF OF IT l!DR.ORE GALLOW." There was also,enoloeed a letter from aerepresentative.ofthe 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" eloohollobeverage In Bouston or in
While we have quoted only a small portion of the **advertising** material It Is .suffloient to lndloateolearly that lte pui-pose~1s to enoouragepersons In this State to msnufaotie.wine. It is only by obtaininga Class A or B Winery Permit as presorlbedby subdivisions 3 and 4 of Se41Hon. Bert Ford, p. 4

tlon 15 'TexasLiquor ControlA& that tuohmanufaaturewould be legai. The Tsxas Banal Code oontalns the followingprovlsi$m3:'

.

olude **"Art. 70.**  Who is an aooomplioe. - - An aooomplioeis 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 . . .ë a *Who prepares arms or aid of any kind; prior to the ocsunlsslon

0r an offense,ror the purpose of assisting the prinolpal in the exeoutionof the same..

W **"Art. 72.**  ~Punlshment of aooanplloe.- - Aooomglloesshall, In all oases not otherwiseexpresalJr provided for, be punished fn .thesam4 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 advisingand- enoouraglnghim to manufaoturewine. Su4h an aot of manufaotireIs a violation 6f: law and is punishableas a mlsdsmeanor. Art. 666-41, V.P.0,

It seem8 olear, moreover, that a sale of ths proda& under the airoumstanoss above outlinedwould bring th4 shier within the .termsof the statutreabave quoted dotinlng sn ao44mplloe. In Tsxasb howIIer, the dlstln4tionbetween prinolpalsand aooomplioesdoes n$ obtain in mlsdsmean4r~ aaserh It rollowe, therefore,that If the purchasermakes ah, oi.ths produotwithout a permit, then the s&l.lei end.the purohaseroould‘beproseoutedas prlnalpals* 18 Tsx, SW., p. 3zu, Sea. **73.**

**It** is our opinion, ther4ror4,that in eaoh instanoe where a purohasermanufacturers wine without a psnait fkom the produot desorlbed,that both he and the sellermay **be**,--

Eon. Bert Ford, pi 5
prosecutedas prinolpalsfor violatingthe law0 Very truly yours ATTORNEYG-RR-ElUL

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