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 opinion No. 0
We have your letter
Vie are submitit
GrapesugfAr
0r Ltd.,
appare3ltl.y
le almul
salee a&ant8 to distr
aa ‘Orapesaga
mauuraeturing
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oonalderlngthe matter wlll you klab-
ly ad&k whether in your opinion ihe manuiaotur-
em of this produet and their agenta aotfng dth-
In the State of Texas in advanoing the sale of
*Grapesugar*ror the purpose oi manufaaturingor
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Hon. Bert Ford, p. 2
iermenting an alooholio beverage 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 alooholio beverages.*
You enolose advertisingmaterial Baling the follow-
lngolaims 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 .lSto 14 peroent alo#ollo 4@+t
wii$~spar~lng alear wine oolor and exoellent'~
.
IMITBTIa
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side paokegs.
VLctive~ingredient rrinegrep4 yeast devel-
oped iram wine grapes with a mixture.or 4hkred
saoeharoee,meal and U. S...bertifled aolor.~
The pa&e everywherearq oomple~telg
OUT of
&iidOEC&ICdx$Mo3 orverySRORTatekyhighgtiqa
WFI.nereettlteare prddueed with frqeh $!ru%$
julo$, duta8~ fmxn boiled, d~A6d N&%&t~ezp%awed ~'
llquide such aa ayrupe of et. any brd'atd fhe ,
maTket8 and steores are full of them. you d&Vi
ne& an.np~ as eyruu& will do.Jn+t aa walli
rxoelle . &any even ruport ilse
results with just half syrup, halr water and this
produot added, left in warm plaoe or etliving
room temperature. Some use honey In ~$.a08ot-
SrnPE. Stxteadd syrup to the fruit Juioe to in-
orease its sugar oontent and thus get a beverage .
Hon. Bert Ford, p. 3
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of a higher ALCOHOLIC oontent up
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~~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~aooountsfor the demand.
TRATISWBATCAEPUT$3OOO1MDE!lTIIRTOYDUR
PBOEET IF YOU ARE EXl&EWCED AED A(ITQUICELY."
"DIRECTIOES
"SIMFLYPUTCYCZ?TEHTSOFTBISPAGKJ%E IWTO
.AEYLBEl$Wi$I!NLIQUIDTOBEFERURTED. l@EPIE
WARM PINE ARDIT WILL BE READY FOR USEWI!l?iIE
OREORTW9lUYSAFTERFERMERT@IOEUEASES, TRUS
CIVIROITTIblETOOIXARuP. USl!iALLoS’BiEPAUfC-
AGE FOR l%Q tULLO~,ORRALF OF IT l!DR.OREGALLOW."
There was also,enoloeeda letter from aerepresent-
ative.of the manufaoturer,addreeeedto a pr4sp448ivs Texas
agent, a part of whloh we quote:
We have not as yet oloaed the Sxae tell
rltory, but the little 3 line ad pulled so meny
Inquiries that one would think there was not a
lr=ps" eloohollobeverage In Bouston or in
While we have quoted only a small portion of the
advertising material It Is .suffloientto lndloate olearly
that lte pui-pose~1sto enoouragepersons In this State to
msnufaotie.wine. It is only by obtaining a Class A or B
Winery Permit as presorlbedby subdivisions3 and 4 of Se41
Hon. Bert Ford, p. 4
tlon 15 'Texas Liquor Control A& that tuoh manufaaturewould
be legai.
The Tsxas Banal Code oontalns the following pro-
vlsi$m3:'
"Art. 70. Who is an aooomplioe.- - An
aooomplioe is one who.is not present at the OQP-
mission.of an offense, but who, before the aot
is done advises commands or anoouragesanother
to oommjt the of&se ; or
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*Who prepares arms or aid of any kind; prior
to the ocsunlsslon0r an offense, ror the purpose
of assisting the prinolpal in the exeoution of
the same..
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"Art. 72.
~Punlshmentof aooanplloe.- - Ao-
oomglloes shall, In all oases not otherwise ex-
presalJr provided for, be punished fn .thesam4
manu4r as the-prinoipal orresdsr.*
l!Wm the facts set forth, It seams legioal to .4on-
olude that a person selling the produot desbribed~to,au un-
lloensed Individual Is advising and-enoouraglnghim to manu-
faoture 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 pro-
da& under the airoumstanossabove outlined would bring th4
shier within the .terms of the statutre abave quoted dotin-
lng sn ao44mplloe. In Tsxasb howIIer, the dlstln4tionbetween
prinolpalsand 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.leiend.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 manufacturerswine without a psnait fkom
the produot desorlbed,that both he and the seller may be
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Eon. Bert Ford, pi 5
prosecutedas prinolpals for violating the law0
Very truly yours
ATTORNEY G-RR-ElUL
OF TElEBE(