Evening journal., 1889-05-28
APPLYING FOR LICENSE.
Cases Heard at Yesterday Afternoons
Session of Court.

| APPLYING run LlCIiNS@s
Cases Heard at Yesterday Afternoons
Session of Court.
Every seat in the court room was filled
Yesterday afternoon, and men lined the
walls on all sides, filled the aisle and
blocked up the doorway.
PitIfuI Story.
The hearing of applications for liquor
licenses was continued by hearing the case
of John McHugh, 720 Church street.
Mrs Mary Scully was put on the
stand against him and told a
sad story of neglect and pow
erty, caused by drink. She had seen
her husband get up at o'clock in the
morning and 60 TO McHugh's saloon and
drink. She said her husband had pawned
iewelry at the saloon for liquor. Mrs.
Scnlly has five children. Mrs Elizabeth
Stafford stated that her husband pawned
watch chain at McHugh's saloon. Mrs.
Mary Cooks husband was in the habit of
procuring liquor there. He was habit
ual drunkard
Levi G. Bird was counsel for the ap-
plicant. He stated that all of the signers
to the petition lived within block and
while the slgners to the remonstrance
lived more than that distance away.
John w. McHugh, theapplicant, was put
on the stand and made to relate In rich
Irish brogue how he had refused liquor
to the husbands of Mrs. Scully and Mrs.
Stafford. Patrick Currens had been a
near neighbor Of McHugh for twenty
four years. He believed there was not a
'decenter" place in Wilmington. Evi-
dence Of the same character was given
by Joseph CASTOR. George Paradee,
Michael 0'Rouke and John Lewis,
Spirited a Witness Away.
John Doordan's saloon is beyond the
Third street bridge, at No. 0 Heald street.
His application was met by general re
monstrance that there were already too
many saloons in the locality. John Brad
ford testified that when he had heard
that he was summoned year ago Door.
don went to the Delaware avenue station
of the b. q o. r. r. with him, and man
named Newell gave him $5 Then he
went TO Philadelphia. Mrs, Nora Bunt-
ing had seen men, among whom was
her husband, carry liquor away from the
saloon. Thomas Holcomb who repre-
sented the applicant, tried TO show preju-
dice by making the witness admit that
she was the sister of Joshua Pyle, the
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Evidence as TO the good character Of
the place was given by James Flynn,
John Phillips, William b. Hickman,
Police Officer James McSorley and ex-
Sheriff Giles LRmbson. Letters from
Enoch Moore and others were also put in
evidence.
A Double Team.
The cases of Bernard Carr, No. sos
Church street, and Edward l.. Murine,
southeast corner of Lord and Church
streets were taken up together. They
are only a few doors apart. Bernard
Carr's case came up first. Mr. Prickett
stated that Carr had been refused a
license in Philadelphia and came to this
city and purchased the saloon for
which he was applying. II. II. Ward,
Esq, said that Carr's place in Philadel-
phia was next door to the Union League
Club and it brought pressure to bear to
get the license refused. The club afters
wards bought the property and built on
It. Ellis w. Reed and James Thompson
testified to the good character Of the
applicant
Judge Houston went to sleep during
the hearing of this case, but when Mike
McDonough said. in the richest broguC
| ever heard in the Court House, that ht
could see the bar from his back yard
front door and side window, he woke uT
and smiled
Dennis Mccormick gave the applicant
a good character and ex-Mayor Wales
recommended him in a letter Officer
Updyke saw men going in and out Of the
saloon on Sundays and had seen men take
liquor away in buckets.
Lewis G. Vandegrift, Esq. represented
Edward L. Murine, the neighbor of Carr
He presented a petition, and letters from
John NJ Solomon and others, and put
George w. 0uten ON the stand to testify
to the good order of the place. George
W. Taylor Willard s. Wilson, James
Phillips and Police Officer Burleigh did
An old Applicant.
Thomas Dohefty, No. 403 West Front
street, was turned down at the last term
of court, through the remonstrance OF
the Harlan and Hollingsworth Company
and others. Levi @. Bird, Esq, repre-
sented him. He stated that his client
was unable to do manual labor and offered
letter from DR.. John p Wales, stating
that this was due to glanular enlargement
Of the neck Letters were presented
from William 7. Porter, Preston Ayars
Son, Jester 4 Mcdaniel and others.
petition was also offered. Mr. Pricketi
offered the usual objections. The case
was postponed until this morning.
The Superior Court was then ad
iourned in course and the Court of Gen
eral Sessions until 8 o'clock this morn
ing.
There was no remonstrance against
Peter J. Babcock, northwest corner Of
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