Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-08-26

= tlttt % he5tlDl' yfslas ASSET " tdS slle
torney Of THE petitioners, and LIS re-
ply sas that tie breach Of any Of the
conditions was a good cause toreY0ze
the license. Tie court IN view Of the
penalties prescribed by the statute.
for these offences. and knowing that
courts Of equity frown npon forfeit
ures and the likes did not eonenr with
the attorney. Old Shylock demand
led the forfeiture of the pound Of
flesh next the heart, but he forgot
that there were other laws, other prfn-
oipies Of jurisprude nce than those Inn
polling him to his cruel and unchar-
liable demand For good CAUSE
the Court may revoke the license
No one ever denied that, and the
Farmers AdUocate IS fighting man
of straw and misleading the public
by his reference to Capt. Baylor, the
attorney Tor the petitioners, and f..
w. Brown, the prosecuting attorney,
as authorities on his side. Who was
it that by his ability as a lawyer, that
one Beck, defied these petitioners for
many years and run saloon at Sum
nit Point? Capt Baylorl i say
good for the Captain. He is a law
yer and serves his clients we'll as is
his duty, and, / will add, his pleasure
always so TO do. AS to the Prosecut-
ing Attorney, he was not before the
Court as its official adviser, being, at
the time, absent from the State. II
he is to be thrown in as make weight
against the Court by the Farmers
AdUocdte, he can hardly refuse, at
the instance of the Court, when it is
rudely assaulted, to come out and
say whether under the circumstances
he could have and would have advised
the Court to have done otherwise thar
it did. / ask him for his views in
the matter.
viii state what the Court deems
tgood cause for revoking a license
First-To obtain license, the party
applying must satisfy the Court thai
he is not of Incorporate habits, aHc
! that must be entered of record. Nov
} if he becomes Incorporate afterwards
{ and of bad moral character, thai
} would be good cause to revoke it
: If he should keep noisy, drunken
house habitually day and night, tina
l would be a good cause to intervene
/ If he should keep his bar open OIL
t Sunday as on week days, selling t,
any and everyone in defiance OF law
: public opinion and good morals, tina
would be 'tgood cause" And so i
3 his bondsmen should leave the State
4 or become bankrupt so that nothin!
e could be received on it in a suit o.
e prosecution. that would be good caus
? to revoke the license, not however
/ until being ruled to give new bono
: he failed to do SO. Now these ar,
u what the Court puts forth as til,
/ 'sintelligent convictions" and view
! that guided it in its action. It mus
not be forgotten that the drunkenness
5 complained of by the petitioners wa
t on primary election day-not an I'm
usual thing, by the way, whereye
: John Bull or Brother Jonathan goe.
: forth on day of election to serv
/, their country and battle for the right
: It appeared in evidence before tn
> Court that there was free whiske,
i galore, in jugs and demijohns, a
|. Summit Point on that day. and tha
) Hart did not furnish There arc
{ tir.-l
I ebieroSn and SmIthfield How was
at those precincts
i I beg the public's pardon for thu
5 intruding on it ard doing what is un
f usual for court to do viz: To re.
5 flute unjust criticism on it through
: the papers. But it seemed to be de
r manded by the public, and withou
consultation with my associates
Weld to the demand. The writer O
the above did not vote for license t,
MIR. Hart. The Farmers Advocat
and Shepherdstown Register ought tc
copy the above.
, A MEMBER OF TIE County CoUR'
OF JEFFERSON.