Story: Police arrest man for selling beer to minor. Minor testifies that man purchased beer for him. Judge lets man off because he speculates that the supplied beverage might actually have been non-alcoholic beer (named "Miller Genuine Draft"). Superior court rules that Miller Genuine Draft really is beer:

A judge who dismissed charges against a man accused of buying a case of beer for a 17-year-old, saying prosecutors failed to prove Miller Genuine Draft was an alcoholic beverage, was mistaken, state Superior Court ruled.

"This finding was incorrect,'' said the Superior Court ruling in the case against Gregg R. Hartman, 44, of Kutztown.

State police had charged Hartman with furnishing liquor to minors. Shawn Putnam, 17, had testified that Hartman bought him a case of Miller Genuine Draft on Jan 7, 2004, at Duffer's Beer Distributor in Kutztown, and Putnam drank five beers within 15 minutes in the car while Hartman was driving around.

Berks County Judge Jeffrey K. Sprecher dismissed the charge, saying the prosecution failed to provide the state Liquor Control Board's list of beers to prove the beverage was beer. "It's equally plausible that the defendant purchased a nonalcoholic beverage with a flavor similar to beer,'' he had ruled.

Is this like the conspiracy theorist judge? Will he next be letting bank robbers off because possibly the bank notes they stole thinking they were money might have been counterfeit bills instead?