Daily Republican., 1890-05-17
UNDER FIRE.
THE APPLICANTS FOR RLlQUoR
LICENSE.
All Of Yesterday Afternoon Spent In
Hearing Cases The Chief Justice
Decides That No vi0iator
oi the Law Shall be
Licensed.

Court reconvened after the noon re-
cess yesterday, aud Immediately resumed
the consideration OF the liquor cases.
That of John ]. HAnley was taken up
first, when Mr.. Prickett presented
strong remonstrance sgainst him.
Mr.. Holcomb presented q petition In
his client's favor, sigued by eighty y-eight
persons, and claimed that the eighteen
who signed the remonstrance are all
temperance people. vino are In favor OF
abolishing all saloons.
Robert 7. Moody testified that he has
known Hanley for number of years,
aud is satisfied that he 10 proper person
TO have a tense.
Thomas j.. Bennett, q special officer on
Market street, testified that he knows
the applicant, and considers him an up
right, conscientious man. He considered
him and bis wife proper persons to sell
liquor or anything else even to dry goods.
Owen j. Hession testified that his
place OF business 10 alonEsid Of Hanlcy's
house, and that he has known him i0r
eight or nine years. He considered
Hanley = respectable. law abiding citi-
zen.
Daniel McKenney, a member of City
Council from the Third ward, testified
that he lives at Third aud Monroe streets
and knows Panley well. He 10 Q man
Of good character, and every body speaks
we'll of him.
MI. Holcomb made an appeal IN be-
half of bis client and the case was allow
ed to rest. The case OF James l.. Dick
enson. Of Townsend, was next taken up,
and Mr.. Prickett presented Q remon-
STRANGE, signed by several residents Of the
school district In which the house is 10 :
Gated. Mr. Prickett also asserted that
only five OF the signers Of the application
are freeholders.
He was represented by John II. Rod
ney, Esq. who claimed that the requisite
humber had sworn that they are tree
holders.
William Greer testified that he has
bought liquor aud carried 1t away from
the premises.
On cross-examiuatiou by Mr.. Rodney,
he sa d the only time he ever bought
liquor to carry away WAS last March,
when he wanted It for sickness In biz
family.
There were some other witnesses
called, but they did not answer.
MIR. Rodney claimed that the remon-
strance was not signed BY single person
In Townsend, and during the argument
which ersued it transpired that as q
l
| flcd, and that the paper presented by
Mr.. Prickett was merely brief prepared
by himself to give Mr.. Rodney notice
| that there would be objections made.
| Charles Watts testified that Dickenson
keeps an orderly house and complies
with the law.
While he WAS testifying Sheriff Allen,
| who had been out on tho hunt for the
missing witnesses, came In and reported
that they had all gone TO the base ball
match. TIE Chiet Justice asked Mr..
| Prickstt II he wanted attachments Issued
for them. lie at frat declined to have
this done, but afterwards assented. and
the case was continued until 10 o'clock
tbis morning.
| While the matter was being discussed
Judge Houston remarked to Mr.. Pr ckett
that he thought IL would be better for
him to drop the matter.
| During the . psideration Of the catet
the Chief Justice remarked that It was
the intention of the court to refuse
that the applicant had been convicted or
plead guilty of a violation OF the law be-
lore the Municipal Court.
II this rule is adhered to, as there is no
doubt but 1t will be, all those who were
fined recently by Judge Ball on the in-
formation furnished by spoilers. had as
well make up their minds to quit the
business.
Nearly all Of the applicants at this
term who were previously refused have
Withdrawn their applications. 1t was
tho best they could do under the circum.
stances, rs It is well known that but few
If any OF them had the slis htest chance oi
being favorably considered.