The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-28
DRINKS EVIDENCE
 IN CASE ON TRIAL
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
 Macon, Ga.-This county having gone dry by a vote of three to one in favor of local option, various papers have been urging Edward Jones, the new prosecutor for Macon county, to sget busy. It had been reported that the law was being iagrantly violated in the mining camp and Mr. Jones, cleared the decks for ac- ton.
 A MT. Hobson, druggist, grocer. dry goods merchant, and all-round dealer, was named in an information as having sold some wet goods to certain persons in violation of the law. Of course, if 1t could. be shown that the merchant had sold ice water, lemonade or tea there would be no case against him.
 A young farmer was put on the stand to disclose the nature of the transaction he had with MT. Hobson.
 Bob said the prosecutor, you made a purchase the other day from Mir Hob son?"
 Yes, sir replied the witness, cheer fully.
 What was it?"
 T don't know
 Did you drink it, or use it to put on a sore placer
 ITO put on sore place"
 Where was the sore place?" Inside"
 Inside of what?" Me,
 Did it cure it?'' 'It did"
 NOW, Bob, didn't you order Hobson to sell you a pint of whisky and didn't you drink it and then get out on the street and shoot up the town?'
 T drank something; l don't know what happened after that. Wasn't 1t whisky" T am no druggist" No, but you are an expert on intoxi-S eating liquors, aren't you
 i've drunk whisky, if-that's what you mean, but q fellow don't learn much from l the whisky he gets in the mining camp. After it's down him he don't have time to study"
 "So you did get whisky, eh?i ''Oh. l don't know what that vas Didn't it taste like whisky?'
 There are so many different kinds of liquor that it is hard to say Well, didn't 1t make you drunk?'
 That's what the officer said, but I cant swear to it."
 Why couldn't you?' Because, after had drunk it, 1 didn't know what happened, as l told you
 You were drunk?'
 'I can only swear to that from hear say. l don't believe the officer would lie OFtI d lilllt t1HB like liidl, duyHOW. The prosecutor then had the constable fetch the evidence out of the pocket of his great coat. It was a half-filled pint bottle wrapped in a newspaper. The pros ecutor handed it to the witnes and told him to remove the cork and tell him what was in 1t. The witness took the flask reverentially pulled out the cork smeled the contents and reluctantly hand ed the bottle back to the prosecutor
 T couldn't tell what was in there," he said, unless 1 tasted it
 Well. taste It
 The witness eyes frightened and he held out a feyerish hand. He upended the flask and in due time it was empty. The experts eyes lighted with enthusiasm and his limbs began to move like he was go- ing to get into action. Well, Bobp said the attorney impa- tienty, what Is it?" The witness strengthened up, waved his hat high in the air and then jumped up and cracked his heels together.
 "Wheres the gent in this camp that wants to stand up against-4ne?" he yelled '"rrot him out and let me see the flash 1 of his eyes for two seconds The witness brushed the constables and spectators aside and rushed out on the street claiming his ability to lick all crea- ton with one hand tied behind him. 1 The prosecutor went on with his case, i but without hope. The jury hung There | were three men on it who raised the 1 scientific point that you couldn't tell what a man had been drinking by the way he acted. Mir Jones is not discouraged. He says | that he believes he will yet find some pa- triots who really know what whisky is and will be willing to tell of their knowl- edge under oath.