Show o mJ 0 0 0 0 J 0 J rIVe Forces et Win Wn faid and Lose Loge I PITT R RJ J JUDGE O guTs IT EWES W New Orleans Judge to the Contrary Sustains Point t o on QU Question st n of Beer With Li Little Kick 1 P II 10 Ia it w ul 6 r. r i The gov government rr ment fit won its Its' first point today in its fi fight ht I against the sale of beer containing containing containing contain contain- I ing 23 2 per cent alcohol when Judge W. W Yo II 11 S. S Thompson In the United States district court overruled demurrers of officers and directors of the Pittsburg and Independent BrewIng BrewIng Brewing Brew- Brew Ing companies to charges of violation of the wartime prohibition law taw Each of the defendants nineteen In all was held in 1000 bail for the November November No No- vember term of ot court OVER ONE ONE HALF HALF PER CENT Judge Thomson decision followed arguments by counsel representing the eleven officials of the Pittsburg BrevIng Brewing Brewing Brew Brew- ing company In support of oC their de demurrers demurrers demurrers de- de to to charges in a test suit brought by United States Attorney i R. R L. L Crawford charging violation of the dry act by sale of beer containing more than one-half one of 1 per cent of alcohol to a local ocal saloonkeeper Judge Thomson said his ruling applied apI applied ap ap- ap- ap plied also to demurrers filed this I morning by eight directors of the Inde ent Brewing company to a sImilar similar similar simi sImi- lar suit started Saturday IN NEW ORLEANS NEW ORLEANS July 15 Federal Federal I Judge Foster today sustained a de demurrer demurrer de- de demurrer filed by officials of the AmerIcan AmerIcan American Amer Amer- ican Brewin Brewing company to an indictment indict indict- ment meet charging that the manufacture indict I of at beer berr of more than one half of 1 I per cent of alcoholic content was In violation of the wartime prohibition I act The demurrer contended that only I intoxicating beer was prohibited and that per cent alcohol beer was I not Intoxicating |