Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-07-12

Is THIss "FLLs" IN TIE AHrI-LIQUsR LAs-
Rossr oIar,n vs' on yesterday, s1,.insd before %.
Mayor the charge OF rsssiLug Eq1ar, 70 DO drum
his btrrsom the GoO8 Idsa Bread STREET, Nsr.h i'd,
near Ninth street
WI,ehIin Augustus Cousins vas lhs witness fer the
commonwealth. Hs tsshhsd that On Thri ebay nigh.
s4 about ten O'clock he ds~n ihs ssuih side cf
Bead Zee corner OF Nin,b ana there ssepeec
Heard tie cracking Of he and The snking OF glasses
n the Good Idea as OF sIss liquor Went over 30
ha nortas de # tie and drew nigh TO the Good
IDEA Person. scre soisg in and coming continually.
Looked ino the Good IdsS Saw Charles O. Fitzpatrick
Dohind the bar King WA; appeared 20 be lqssr Sas
nen drink. Saw them havs money Ia their hands, bu
Id rot actually SEQ than psy she money dsvn. A
screen cuauiAsy pAsed bsiwssl the bar and the door,
prevented his seeing ,hs dscIssr sn zbich the qusr
was .FOurad INTO the Eiasass. Saw vhm looked hks
liquor in the glaze. Walksd up street and came back
twenty minutes after ,en O'Clock. Ths jinEins ci
glasses sill going ia the Good IDEA, and per
ssill Esns ia and out The front door, which
sill open, thoSga the window shutters had besl
pst up While he was standing outsile Cslaran csme
to the door, and seeing him, approached him. Asked
C.aal why he did no; shut up his hsuse at ten O'clock
directed by the ordinance. eslarsn said he was il
the hGbi! OF shutting up punc,uay At ten, azd II be
WOuli overlook this delirasscy h. Casran, would be
pluClual in future Told him he was obliged 10 rspor
tue case, and charged him with violating the iaao
l,w aud sba when h. pretended to shui up be did not
do IT, bus ksps his back door open. CasrAn thes sa!6
that he was a mao, aud an exile from hom.
aud had been soldier; and auy man that reported
m vas - scounir.l; that he did ,sl liqusr, bu,
that tho lq1or laF h I'd htv iss and hs Wa. read,
TO asst
NJ Rsc i'll, c.ul.e for rs ,,'s 81, De lininf g.
orOs-eX tuins lie VI %. tie Mayer, proiucitg capy
o; sac ann-Lqaor Law, said he would be vsr5 must
On ICED us leaned gentleman IL hs vsuld p,in, out
80 Lin az aA'" in j.; ~ "aGs" Ls u.dss.osI say
material dsfes1 10 sccurssy in sonssency or oni.sop
o. avAling himself Of WHOM very inosnisus psrson
intent upon evadng The lav could sucessiy essaps is
pfnaitiss
Mr. Radcliffe s'tsr sursoiy examination Of the law,
said did feel himself called upsn to psizt out the
de:ees Of the Law. Ba, be would say thai ID sppssisd
TO him net law passed By lssLatsn bas parcel Of
people who had gotten together in hurry snd passed
tbe sct without due the pressure Of
hlsO or sons other infnsnss Tn, BILL IL was vel.
kaosn would never Lave passed ct Ill bu, hat il was
ru had through in he sbsens, Of number Of mem.
0ers who bad eft the legislative ball gs. drink
hr Hal, OF Wit1sl, who was present, ssid be would
BAY lin Sce to the Legislature thai tie lay had been
passed as the ins.sRe. OF Gen. Lac aud .hs other n
,ary aatheritisS
Tue Asyofsda he knew Of ne asw ia ths Law, though
might be cas-, 10 evass It's pesanes. Uadsr lis sro-
'sions on conviction, the house wssria shs hqusr had
''eo Sot, 1t bsO gel 10 the convicted parry, va,
na'c'tedi II the house did n,s bsl,ug to lim then
he u'sEpir'd 'a' WAS cO.ascas,i snd in either case
ne bar fixtures, liquors, &c, wer. coAfscs.sd. Hare
vas the weak pSins Of the b Il People did no. sell
iquor in their o'n housss sad while they we're Ia court
'tng e1amin' sd for violations Of this law their bar r
nres liquors, and ober personal property were beiag