Case Name: Colwell v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1900-10-30
Citations: 112 Ga. 75
Docket Number: 
Parties: Colwell v. The State.
Judges: All the Justices concurring, except Lumpkin, P. J., and Little, J., absent.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 112
Pages: 75–75

Head Matter:
Colwell v. The State.
Submitted October 15,
Decided October 30, 1900.
Accusation of selling liquor without license. Before Judge Parker. City court of Baxley. July 5, 1900.
Bennett & Bennett, for plaintiff in error.
J. H. Thomas, solicitor, contra.

Opinion:
Cobb, J.
1. The sale, without taking out the prescribed license, of a medicinal preparation capable of being used as a beverage, and which contains such a percentage of alcohol as that, if drunk to excess, it will produce intoxication, is unlawful, within the meaning of a statute prohibiting the sale without a-license of " spirituous, malt, or any intoxicating liquors or bitters," whether the vendor in making the sale intended that it should be used as a medicine or otherwise, and without reference to the purpose for which it was bought-by the purchaser. Chapman v. State, 100 Ga. 311.
2. The overruling of a demurrer to an indictment is not a proper ground of a, motion for a new trial.
3. The charges complained of were not erroneous for any of the reasons assigned. The evidence authorized the verdict, and there was no error in refusing to-grant a new trial.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concurring, except Lumpkin, P. J., and Little, J., absent.