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in fixing the license fee to be yote d for
at $5,000?" Mr. Sheppard objected.
inf. Nixon then made strong argar-
mene favoring his eide of the esse. He
said that the resistance Of the spplica-
! tlon vas upon the ground that the an.
plicasion by the petitioners was n(,t
made in good faith. The question was
admitted, and each witness answered.
that the $4,000 fee was made with ts.a
object of doing away with tbs sala Of
liquor in that township. In other
words, to give the township practical
prohibition, and not that they wanteA
the revenue accruing from such large
fee. This was exactly what Mr.. Nixon
desired to show.
8. Irwin Middleton, the hotel owner.
was called to the witness stand bv
Mr.. Nixon, and began chapter Of ho
tel history, to show that enormous fees
could not be paid for the privilege OF
license. Mr.. Middleton told OF hts
purchase of the hotel, and that he coz
Quoted the business for five years ifre
last three years he had rented rhe place
to tenants. He testified that he paid
$40, 900 for the real estate, and ne yal
ued his furniture at $4,000. The int r
est on $4,000 he fgur. out at $7aA.
Wages amounted to $1,000 per annurn.
The insurance was $1O0 License fess
1852. Government tax was S27 a.
while the county tax was $1l5 This
made the total expenses par annu n
$2,31440. The gross receipts were 50
LOO annually, and allowins SO per cent
profits which he declared vas very
large for the business, left $3.O03, Civ
ing net profit for the year OF $SeS. so
Since he had been renting the hotel.
Mr.. Middleton has been getting a rem
tai of $1,000.
The average profit to the lessee over
rental, was between 5000 and S7OO. He
declared that a license fee of SIS, COD
would practically prohibit the business
in that township. In ans wer to \
question by Mr.. Sheppard, NJ. Miadls-
ton said that the average business
done In liquor, in the 50, 100 receipts
for the year was ssthree-fourths.
The present landlord, Mr.. DeemeE,
testified the hotel was worth about
500 per year. He had cleared but
$500 in the last six months.
This ended all the evidence. and Mr..
Sheppard made a short argument I'm
summing up.
The afternoon wss taken up with
the naturalization of some twenty or
more foreigners, who wish 10 vote
next Tuesday. A number of names
were added to the registry lists, and
voters given certificates to present to
the various election Boards whsn thew
went to vote.
FRIDAY MORNING
Court was in session at ten O'Clock
this lnorning. The appeal caae sf
Davis s. Ayars qui tam appellant
and Geo. Loder, appellee, was to haup
been heard at this session. J.. Boyd
Nixon, representing the appellant was
ready to move the case, but Thos. w
Trenehard, for the appell4 e, was minus
witness, and by mutual oonsenk
upon part Of counsel, the case was
postponed until Monday of next week.
Mr.. VanSyckel, representing VIVA. 9.
Wright, the appellant in The Board eg
Health case appeared and very earn
estiy protested against the caring d
the case this moaning.
The Cours announced that under
the circumstances the case coulea not
go off fer the term, but said that Il
would be tried next MONDAY asternooO
at half.pasu two o'clock.
Judge Hoagland then called for
John Bogar. That person appeared
and the Judge said: the judgement df
the Court is that you pay fine of $t4
and the costs of the case, and sta "a
committed until fine and costs are
paid.
MONDAY MORNING.
It was twenty minutes of eleven
before Judge Hendee, of Vineland, a1-
rived in Court this morning, and im-
mediatesy after there were a nslas,pa
of foreigners naturalized hy the Coark
| AASh-s y. W. GACaOudtd tS2+OQuSSNl
that the B,ara Of Health again st WA.
G. WIight, set down sor this afternoon,
weuld OF be moved this term by ooa-
sent ST Counsel. i
The spIAsal case of David & Ayare,
Broad street bridge tender, aeaiaeS
George Loder, who had beea tried anH
convicted Of trotting his horses over
the Broad strsat bridge at fasts,
gait than a walk was taken usD
County Solicitor Nix,n nrosec,t.
the case agaics5 Loder. Three via
nesses were called. 1t was proved t,1
the plaintiff Mr.. Ayars, that T,od:S
slapped his horses just as he reacF,es
the bridge, and trort@d th m eli ~.
way over. ana tSAn or,n.hs .as
hofses dowa TO Walk. This egidenea
was partially eorroborated
me defendant, George I, yasr van1
on .ne stand, aD,3 ,isupiv csnied ths
entire story, deo'ariny his horses dis
noe IfoG or prt4cce ovar tina bridge
var, Loder " " positive that si,e pross
e eulion witnesses We're greatly mrs.
taken In the tes'i,eouy, and that given
.nis morning conh cted eraatlv vtrA,