Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-19
ANts 10 nNisR A SEC.
Beer kxPsFtsSH th0 intoxicating
Properties of Lsger.


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Theodore Schmager of No. 165 Al
len street, cashier Of the Atlantic
Garden. Bowery, in Part . of the
Court Of General Sessions yesterday,
was tried on a charge Of violating the
Excise law. The complainant was
policeman Judson Golden, Of the
Elizabeth street station. He deposed
thaton Sunday night the 2lst Of last
May, several persons were in the At.
lantic Garden drinking beer: he heard
several persons call Tor beer, receive
it and pay for it. Asked by Mr..
Knitting, counsel for the defense, if
he (Golden) knew ofhis own knowl
edge that the beverage he saw drank
on the premises was lager beer, the
policeman said that he knew it was
lager from its peculiar color; he did
not taste or drink it; he knew the
difference between lager beer and
weiss beer.
Matthew Fischer,o of No. &C Forsythe
street, a Taper Of beer in the Atlantic
Garden, Victor Heely, the manager,
and a Mr.. BY, who supplies the beer
from the brewery, testified for the de-
tense. They said that no lager
beer was served on the night
in question. While the Gus.
toners called for lager beer
nothing but weiss beer was served: it
was drawn from the cellar, and ordi-
nary lager beer glasses we're used in
distributing it. None of them could
tell much about the manner in which
lager or weiss beer was manufactured,
OF the Ingredients of which they are
composed. Mr.. Bly, said that weiss
beer was not intoxicating, that it was
taken by parties after a debauch to
sober up on; he had never tried to get
intoxicated on weiss beer. Questioned
by the Recorder, he said that weiss
beer was made from hops and malt,
and mostly water; weiss beer contained
fully eighty eight per cent of water;
lager beer was composed OF pretty
much the same ingredients. To AS
sistant District Attorney Requier, the
witness said he had never drank much
weiss beer, for the reason that he did
not like it.
Recorder Smyth-I once heard q
German swear be had drank a keg and
a half Of lager and was not intoxicated
Whist do you say 20 that?
Il can drink a key Of lager beer my
self, and then be able to attend t
my business"
AN MOURNING POLICEMAN.
Policeman Golden was recalled.
By the Recorder-What is weis.
beer made OFF
1T is nothing more, sir, than al,
largely diluted with water; the com
ponent parts of it are malt, hops an(
alcoholic properties.
How do you know that2"
II have investigated the subject.
The result of your Investigation j
that both beverages are made o
What?"
Weiss beer, as | have said, is al,
largely diluted with water. The per
centage Of alcohol contained in weisI
beer is Just one and a half per cent; il
lager beer the per eentage is five PEI
cent and in liquors forty per cent"
By Mr., Kintzing-"Have you evel
studied chemistry"
"Yes, sir"
And to the results Of your investi
cations you have the results of you
studies?"
"Yes, sir; l have read considerabl,
on the subject and l have been al
expert on these matters"
By the Recorder-''Do you cOnside
weiss beer Intoxicating"
Not unless taken in very larg
quantities"
DO you think it would intoxicat
Mr.. Bly?'
~ don't think it would"
The jury returned a verdict Of nc
guilty.