Show convicted of heuing hop sad gada district attorney J M congdon last week secured the first conviction I 1 in n cattaraugus Cattar augus bounty tor for the offense of selling hop soda the trial was before county judge vre vreeland eland and the accused was a man named yaw of sast fast otto hop soda la is the innocent name of a beverage sold in numerous rural communities where there are no licenses for the selling of intoxicating drinks it is supposed to ba conati buted of lager beer as a basis liberally diluted with water until a given quantity contains only about one third as much alcohol as beer on the other I 1 hand it to la quite certain that out and out beer is sold and drank under the guise of hop soda and some of those 1 who call tor for hop soda would scorn to drink an attenuated article the jury convicted yaw after deliberating eleven hours the tact fact was established on the trial that hop soda was intoxicating even in its mild form buffalo I 1 courier |