The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-06
Brooklyn City News

Will LAGER BiKR Isruucsn1-rhe trial d George
s,ssn and others In the Khgs County Circuit Court on
the charge of selling ntoxoAtips liquors Sunday
concluded yesterday. TIE defendants keep lager bier
saloon and garden Williamsburg, and sell nothing ba,
the above named beverage. The question " trial
whether lager bier would nto1ioate Evicence
rouebt forward prove thai exnarsted and also
ioxeaisd; While, on The other hand ~as proved tnst
amos any quantity could be drank without producing In
toSicaton More Than dozen witne~res s~ore " drDk
ng ircm twenty TO ninety pint glasses day, ususi
tbps without causing any aelevrous resslts esd one
swore that he drank and a-hsu gallons
r.vew.s the sviopoe a. ooss crable length ana tho
jury retired about noon. Amer deiibersnns until 3%
oco,k, they into court .sh hefeio~ng verdict
The jury ind Tor the Defendants, believing that lager
bier ~hch does contain more than ~ per cent ot
alcohol nof come within the provisions OF the sA
tue IN relation 10 INTOXICATING drinks" Ths, thereiore
q, c,des the question that lager beer not intoxicating and
dove within the provisions of the present law
regulating the sale Of intoxicating drinks Among tho
sent enen ~ The jury Nse prom nent member OF The
sons Ot Temperance.
ANsw CotNnsrsr "A man giving his name a. Edward
rhcmas arrested By ofcer Munsou of the Firs, pre-
cipct police thursday nish, for passing counterfeit s.
bills on the nsrsbabv Bsns Of lowell, Mass upon
several s,orskeepers Atlantic street Vie was acc1m
tsnie3 BY men, who made their e-cspe. The payer
u the bill s rather heavy and harsh, but the
crsrsvns . neat The tgure Eve on the right
aud et upper corners are crossed ana re crossed
BY slshty curved light lines. Tn the right lower corner
be asure 81 female sitting a rvck with agrcutdra
mp enebts by her side ON toe left lower corner
ngure " General Taylor and Immediately above the Pre-
Ederts signature the Massachusetts OF arms The
names Of Harin pisbufy, President and John n Fierce
csshiei ate oly written TIE accused wee conmts-i
oy jus acc orbve 10 await the son Of he Grand Jdy
FSrsSsrE RepKsy.--Fr some three months past the
pork packing establishment Of VIM. r. Barber, Red
Hook pont has been robbed Of pork snl lard smcdoDg
in value IN probably thousands of dollars. Wagon osds
have been taken from the establishments from me "
time, ana loaded lighters and barges carried on
A iew days ofl Irwin sno Thompson, Of the
Third precinct police. discovered two Germans uth =
wagon front NJ the After oaiing tso barrels Of
laru ey covered up with scraps and shayines to avoid
etectiOn. The officers took nem into custody,
snd suspectnR parties employed 80 the -
isbthmfpi A. being implicated, they arrested the fore
man ~ The ki1g oeIst nert aua two ~ hs men they
we're cmnitsd to seat mtther inquiry Subsequently
sp' Shsufuan nicer Ferry foUnd nineteen brres
u ar = No ay tbe ofecastle Of cne ot VIZ Bu
ben pg hstgfs aud 1ue barrels OF pcfk the barge
Jersey Blue. ready usnsTcrtatop some $500 worth
has far been recovered with affair prospect Ot further
developemens Thus far eleven persons have been
rested suspciOn-