The New York herald., 1867-02-22

Trials Before the Excise Commissioner for
Violations Of the Law-The Facts and Fun
OF the Cases-Meeting OF the Board-The
Licenses Revoked, &c.
meeting Of the Board OF Excise took place YESTERDAY
q tho Police Headquarters Mulberry street. Jackson
Schultz presiding.
The meeting was for the purpose OF trying cases Of
alleged violation Of the Excise law
Superintendent Kennedy appeared and presented sixty
complaints fifteen for violations Of the conditions ON
which licenses were granted and forty five for violations
o. The provisions Of the law He moved that the licenses
OF the following named persons be revoked and that
with the exception Of the fifteen last mentioned they be
also prosecuted according the provisions OF the Ex.
else law In civil suit for the recovery Of the penalty Of
any d0llan:-
Henrck Koster, Gates avenue, near Lewis avenue; !;
Adam Gels corner OF Graham avenue and varet street,
Henry ehandt corner Atlantic and Classon avenues;
Charles Baaset 10sl Fulton avenue Brooklyn; valsn-
tine MAE En, 4l4 Sixth avenues WIN. Bum, lso Cedar
street; Robert McGregor ll6 Cedar street. Nicholas
HaG 2ss avenue A; John GeOghesan, 2olk Third
schvsser asS Firth street. John Bsrsenbary ss Hoa:.
ton street; wm NehrinR. 30 avenue A; VIM Smith, l86
f nssen sres Hy
street; Reassus Wick, 263 Rivingtou street; Geo W.
n .o s F.s a1a o'n
Jorks, 800 Broomc street; Chas Knote, "A Delaney
street jacob Desisrs s u lse Stanton street John
Tssisss ; s. street; ..is,,. Lincoln sy I george
Spring street; Richard Reilly. 81 Division street; Ed
ward Kunduhl, SO Bayard street: Leopold Lufoli, %
Mott street, Char es Leigner 81 Bayard street; William
stoddart, S33 Greenwich street; Ed. Bernhardt, No
Frankfort street, M haniei Bume, 202 south street;
George Chambers lls Cherry street, Charles Kelly, el
New Chambers street; Daniel CUNNINGHAM, IL James
street. Martin Ahern, No vandewater street; Daniel
Casey, 2o4 Front street; Fr derck Bohnar 81 Stanton
street, Claus Tnken, 2o7 Mott street; Frederick Perry,
sos Broadway; Charles Barnkanp, Fifth aud
Fourteenth street. Brookln Ernst Walters corner Sec.
ond avenue and Seventy ninth street: William Smith
corner Fourth and E,ghy-sixth street; Albert
Kmble, $40 West Forty fourth street; Henry M Ahrens
3o1 West Foriythrd street. Ernst Haas 54l Tenth ave-
Henry C. Rover evcuth avenue and Fifty ninth
street; William Van Cook, 364 West Foriy-dih street;
John Hea'y seventh avenue near Fifty third street:
August Gehben 81 Crosby str ct; Charles Bauer 30
Hester street; Anne " Fisher SO avenue b; Frederick
Mutton TOT Greenwich street. G orge c. Rush, No 7
Laght street; Henry W. Rode 26S West Fourth street.
Mr. Acton, from the COMMITTEES on Applications re-
ported that 243 applications FOR Iicerses had been form
ally passed upon by the since the last meet
ing OF the Board, making in all 900 licenses granted
The committee reported that they had also denied os
applications.
Charles s spencer moved that license be granted to.
Piled that Harry Hill kept Of the vest pieces in the
city, and that they could not give him license He
eight months under trial. aud he well known that
license could be granted him. He keeps house
of prostitution. and that makes 1t impossible to grant
him license.
The Chairman said that the matter stood the app
cation denied and that the counsel would be fur
ther heard before tho committe, upon the subject
The complaint agans, John Digan, 32S Pearl street,
heard. for Intellectually clos ng his place. He
pleaded guilty but said il was the first offence.
Tho lcoose wa. revoked hy vote OF a. TO four.
Tho case Of Pa'rck Gordon 50 Cherry street. the
Captain Thorn swore that on the 9Th of january no
found Mr. Gordon behind the bar selling liquor; he
tasted the liquor: whiskey; the q
store aey the place had the appearance of being
Colonel Bliss then cited the law showing that it re-
quired the license Of Gordon to be annuled
Mr.. Spencer opposed this view. s~t
The vote was taken. and the license revoked by
unanimous vote
Pstrolman Ethan testified that Sunday. the 9th Of
January ne was at the place OF WITNESS aud that he
knocked at the door and Il was Immediately opened,
and that he number Of persons IN the bar aud Ia
IN adjoining room; knew OF no violations before; the
place Is an orderly one arrested Fnncs Egan, the bar
Colonel Bliss called attention to the peremptory Lam
guage Of the law, and tho vote was unanimous and the
Kari Klins's Of 1877 Bowerv. was the next case
Ofhcer Herring testified that he saw the prisoner walt
ing on customers IN lager beer there were tables
70 eat the tabies only saw bcer apd the defendant
waiting around on tho people there; the barroom was
down stairs and tbis Tootn up stairs
Tho defendant being sworn testified that the barten.
ders, boardes and family oniy were present; that he
question s dining room and he gives 70 tho
boardors The vote was taken and the board unan
John Winters he case
Onicer DAVIS testified thai standing tho
ner Of avenue ana Twelfth street and tuw two men
60 in the 9th Of January; saw the bartender en-
terng with his oi arrested ;he bartender Patrick
Flynn there drcancrs on the bar; did not knock
at the door; entered b. two do0rA
Tho defendant beng testified that he has bed
room on the sitting room; about seven O'Clock there
were few friends but he sold liquor; he treated
hin friends but sold nothing; the, paid subsequenI
time; never had any trouble with injunction or any
other law and appealed 20 the Captain OF the precinct
One Of the officers being recalled testified that there
six eight persons in tho room Of the bar when
The then taken. the Board refused to rcscnd
che license by q vote Of Eve 10 three
Jacob Fishers The next
omcer Copey testified that he knows the place Of do
fendant at No. l92 avenue q; went In through the
Kitchen and was ,oni.cted oy nim from that into tne
they his bcardrs; t,s was on sunday evening;
shere about or nfecn men in the baroom. and
no behind the bar with glass of wine in hts hand;
thv sunday before that about fifteen twenty
people there; id the liquor but smelIcd It;
defendant said that II was stoaghton bttcrs but II
The dofendant beirg swcrn, testified that he keeps
boarding house; on ue occasion IN question sold no
dsmtjohns behind the bar that sniecd of liquor, but
there them for two or three years; did not
consider the officers ooarders dd not ask tne oces 70
Mr. Schultz said that he did not like vote for
ing this license, but the time distinction
mus, be made between boardin; houses and barrooms
The vote taken. Some OF the members explained
by saying that 1.-The patents should have some other
way or entering the parroom The vote being taken,
the Board refused TO revoke the license.
The Of Frederick Totne OF 81 Orchard street,
the next called
Oncer Herring testified that sunday, January 90 he
arrested the decndau that there were two other men
in the barroom at the time he entered.
The defendant swore that into the barroom the
onicors forced their way from the rear; that they
not drinking beer: that In the room OIL the bar
room 4 number of friends warming them
selves that tho lager came la glass In the
bar by boardcr who was drinking at hrs dinner; sold
tl.sk Jaus UunA M Inn,
had nevcr that he could sell twenty kegs day In
spite Of the police; had always obeyed the law.
The stood seven In favor OF annullng the license
against two
Alexander Homan's tho next called. Ho
was charged with keeping open the 18Th and 10th.
Ofcer Cnchard SAID thai he knew this mans place AZ
No Elizabeth street; hat he watched his place and
saw . number OF people passne In and out through
the alley way; exposed In tub going into
the barroom; he ale in the measure there too;
the 9th OF January twenty men there drinking and
PLAYING cards. he tried to arrest him, but the crowd
prevented him. he ran or up stairs; he drew pistol