BEER

A liquor compounded of malt and hops. In its ordinary sens~, denotes a beverage which ls intoxicating, and is within the fair meaning of the words "strong or spirituous liquors," _used in the statutes on this subj_f!ct. Tompkins· County v. Taylor, 21 N. §'.'. 175; Nevin v. Ladue, 3 Denio (N. Y.) 44; Mullen v. State, 96 Ind. 306; People..-. Wheelock, 3 'Parker, Cr. Cas. (N. Y.) 14; Maier v. State, 2 Tex. Civ. App. 296, 21 S. w. ·974. -Beer-house. In English law. A place where beer is sold to be consumed on the prem• ises; as difrtinguished from.a "beer-Shop," which is a place where beer is sold to he consumed off the premises. 16 Ch. Div. 721. [s. 131]