Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-10-29
DAILY GAZETTE.
Special Correspondence Of the Gazette.
LETTER FROM DOVER.
License Applications Before the Court.
Dov vHR, Del, October 2s, 1873.


The crowd in the court room this morning was
not 80 great, and the members OF the Bar were
furnished with comfortable space in which to
transact their business.
Two or three indictments against colored boys
Tor larceny were tEied, but were Of no special IL
terest
The license cases were again taken up in regu-
lar order, but, before the trials proceeded, Mr..
Fulton, who was retained specially in three or
four cases. stated tO the court that he understood
that the application Of Charles Padley would be
MlthdraWn, and IT this was true, he proposed TO
dischnrge the witnesses for the remonstrnnts be-
f0re gong into the contested cases. Mr.. ComegyE,
counsel for Mr.. Padley then arose and formally
Withdrew Mr.. Padley's application This was the
Leipslc case, and the hotel at which the riot oc-
CURED, and the Tbmonstrants we understand,
We're fully prepared to defeat the application both
OeeauSe tne requirements OF the law were not com
piled with, and also because Padley was not a
proper person to keep public house
Inc hrst case tried that OF Stevens, Of
Frederlca. The remonsirance was very largely
signed Dy some OF tbs most respectable citizens,
male and female, Of that town. After reading the
Tomoastrance Mr. Fulton called witnesses TO prove
tnAt some OF the MSners were non-residents, and
also that tne hoOee was not well kept. The evil
osnce was eonelaslNe, and the court promptly dis
approved Of the application
The next was the applicaiion Of Samuel
Hugglna Of the same town. The remonstant
were nearly the same as in the Stevens case, and
were represented BY the same counsel. The only
aodinonat leaiure 10 this case was the manifest
attempts Of the applicant to avoid the law.
taiiIng TO get the tequIsite number of substan
lal irsehOiders 10 bigO, he resorted to the shall
low device o. buying piece Of worthless marsh,
ana cutting u up Into small lots, and dividing
Ihese TO ten peason|S to make these freeholders;
Dut 'he court promptly refused the approval in
thS case also. And 80 Frederick will be a
temperance town foT six months at any rate.
Amer these came the Smyrna cases. Mary
williams had two, one for a store and another
ior tavern licences. Both were informal and
were Withdrawn bg her conn el Mr. Penning-
ton.
~, Inc next case was that Of Charles Smith. -
LUIS was supported by MeSsrs- PennigntOu
anG kldgeley, and opposed by Messrs. Lay
ton and SmhheFS The technical grounds OF
position was that Mr.. SmIth's home was in
United Districts Nos and 70, and in No. 7C
gL tnese, while 1t was described as In No 8
Dotn ln the petition and certificate and alsC
tnat nan the slgners were inside OF the united
20. 3.
Mr; Smithers argued that this was a future
mlsol5eeptOn Judge Layton ia addition tC
snlS called witnesses to prove the house disOr
deriy, but failed So the case, not yet deter
lu.neH'W will tur upon the technical objection
Whlcn seem inseperable. In this case a new
question arose, but was not argued, namely
whether single freehOlder, who boarded on
Of but lodged V9 the district was proper sign
~. az
The LOWrey CASE was up again to-day, bui
NOS decided. The court, however, intimateC
that It a signer resident in the district oWnet
freeh0.d dnys7hdrei Hthe State, it would quail
ny hlm, and lt need not be in the county,
This Is regarded hs sound law, though CO n
lgay to the ObSter dsetd of the Chief Justice q
Georgetown.
No announcements Eof license granted ha
YET Deen made, and some Of the partners 0
the Capital H0tel bar, are beginging TO loo
anxious as well as pale since it has been clOu
dy The situation is becoming serious, anC
although it has not yet assumed the form of
panic nothing so alarming has occurred to
portion Of our people since the suspension O
Jay Cooke & Co. FAIRPLAY.
DR.. West, for aTioD, has been found guilty
to-day, and sentenced to pay $500 an1 serve hV
yeaEn in prison.