State v. Holland

Citations

• 99 Wash. 645
• 170 P. 332
• 1918 Wash. LEXIS 693

Syllabus

<p>INTOXICATING LIQUORS-OFFENSES-ILLEGAL SALE—DRUGGIST-GOOD Faith—Information. The good faith of a druggist in selling grain alcohol for mechanical purposes is put in issue by an information charging that the defendant knew at the time of the sale that it was not to be used, and was not sold, for such purposes.</p> <p>Same — Illegal Sales — Druggist—Issues—Good Faith. Under the state-wide prohibition law, Rem. Code, § 6262-7, allowing druggists to sell alcohol for mechanical and chemical purposes only upon written application and requiring an exact, true record to be made of such sales, the good faith of the druggist in making a sale is an issuable fact, although the purchaser signed the written application required by law.</p> <p>Same—Sale by Druggist—Record Book—Evidence—Admissibility. Upon a prosecution of a druggist for an illegal sale of alcohol for other than mechanical or chemical purposes, evidence of defendant’s record book showing the number of such sales is admissible upon the main issue of his good faith.</p> <p>Same—Sale by Druggist—Evidence—Sufficiency. A conviction of a druggist for an illegal sale of alcohol for other than mechanical or chemical purposes is sustained by the testimony of two detectives making the purchase to the effect that the defendant was informed at the time of making the sale that it might be used for other purposes; their credibility being for the jury.</p>