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he stated the wine was for personal use. Another legend says he was a usurer who threatened his debtors, even holding a gun to their heads while they slept. An avid shooter, Birt when drunk would gallop through the city center, gun in hand. As he was always armed, the Saxons arranged to have him arrested while in church, where guns were prohibited. Tried in
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Legend holds that Birt kept part of his war loot, making a fortune. He also engaged in contraband alcohol trade, ignoring the Saxonsâ warnings and never paying taxes. He took advantage of a law exempting from duties the amount of alcohol one could consume in a winter; whenever an inspector arrived,
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city authorities, in particular the magistrate. Irate that Birt had not asked permission to build, they sought to tear them down. Pointing to his war record and medals, Birt stood his ground. Eventually, in 1761, the crosses were approved on condition they never be enlarged or fenced in.
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