Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-22
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the place is q necessity. Wnat klnQ OF
place is it?'' .,
twas explained that it was hotel, ant
the Judge said "All right" and called an
other
Jacob Becker, of 26 Fourth avenue, wa
called, and the Court simply asked, "Yor
had license last year?"
sYes, sir.
"Any remonstrance against you?"
ssNo, SIR"
GAIL right"
Old Saloon Men Slip through Easy.
Matthew Cavanaugh, of 27 and % Water
street, had license last year, and there wa:
no remonstrance against him. His only
plea was one of necessity, and he said he
ran hotel.
Patrick j. Call, 422 Liberty avenue, was
called and the Court casually remarked,
''There is remonstrance against you; have
you anything to say?"
81 did not know there was any"
"Who represents the remonstrance in
this case?" asked Judge Collier, but no one
answered and the Judge called for the next.
Thomas Delaney, of Second avenue and
Market street, next put his face up 10 the
UdE, anu was -CoHiIoutcu uvv twO ICWou-
stFances. The Judges consulted. The charge
was gambling, but Mr.. Delaney denied il.
A call was made for the remonstrater, but
no one appeared and he dismissed the case.
Perhaps you had better call John
Thomas the remonstrant," was an after
thought of the Court, but still no one an
swered, and the case of j. x. Durr, of
Fourth avenue and Market street, was
called. Charles F. McKenna asked TO have
the Coll case reopened. 1t was granted,
and good character and necessity shown.
CHOW many times have you been licensed,
Mr.. Durr ?" asked Judge Collier:
"Only missed one year since the Brooks
law"
William NJ. Price appeared for remon-
STRANGE and submitted the court record in
Durr's divorce case, in which his wife
secured divorce and Durr's character was
painted lovely carbon black.
Mr.. McKenna answered: "This is the
second or third time this case has been
brought up and this time it was for black
mail, as Mr.. Durr was told that unless he
put up s., 500 this remonstrance would be
filed against him."
Mrs. Ganett, one of the principals in the
divorce case was brought in, but she was not
called on to testify.
''It is charged here you are interested in
the house of one named Porter" said the
Judge.
81 am not, Your Honor"
''The house seems to be all right" re-
marked the Judge, and then Roger O'Mara
was called as character witness. He said
he had had police su pervision of Mr.. Durr's
place and he had good house and he has
had good character.
w. NJ. Price asked whether O'Mara
knew of Durr having women at the house,
but he said he did not.
George Frey After a Place in the Diamond.
George Frey, of No. Union street, was
a new man, and testimony was given that
the place was an old tavern stand and a
necessity. He said he fed an average of Is
and 25 people day and had 12 rooms.
Owald Hickman, 207 Market street, was
refused in 1890 and 1891 and there was a re-
monstrance against him, saying the place
was unnecessary and speak-easy.
Christy appeared for the remonstrance, but
said nothing.
Harry Heck, of q and % Diamond
Square, has held license for three years. He
has IL rooms and almost the assurance of
the court that he will be continued.
Next called were Otto Hauck and Will
lam E Hays of 3O1 Market street. They
were represented by Andrew Robertson,
the free bridge apostle, of the Southside,
who made one of his speeches. There were
of one of them, and said the owners of the
house do not want a saloon there. Christy
let his case rest on the remonstrance.
w. H. Jacobs, Of Union street, was an
old man at the business though young in
years There was no remonstrance and he
went through on toboggan slide time
Peter j. King, of 25 Penn avenue, came
up for a license. Leon j. Long, one of the
old license court clerks, was his attorney
and it was his maiden effort King had Ii
censein 1888 and has been refused twice since.
Christy had remonstrance but he said it
was only his record. King called up
witnesses to prove good character and when
one was asked to swear they all raised
their hands and it looked more like nat
uralization scene than the license court.
glory and the court with confusion.
Martin Logan, of 8, 10 and12 Penn ave-
nue., had q license two years. There was a
filed one day after date, but
this proved to be mistake and the case was
passed.
Frank Larkin and John Heck, "a Market
square, had no remonstrance and the Court
looked wise and the next one was called.
1t was that of w. L. Lippincott. B. C.
Christy said the applicant did not have a
lease on the property and the applicant did
not put in an appearance.
Policeman Maxwell Comes Out Ahead.
William Maxwell, the policeman, who
profted by the downfall of Globe" Nc
Curry, at 413 Smithfeld street, wants
another license at 20S Market street. He
will not get possession until the 1st of
April. There were two remonstrances.
Christy wanted to cross-examine, but
Judge Collier said he could only cross-ex-
anime on matter brought out by himself
Christy asked if he could not call the ap-
plicant as his (Christy's) witness, but the
Court replied:
"You cannot ask questions that will make
an applicant criminate himself" and
Christy's glory as license juggler vanished
into thin air, while a small smile played
under the whiskers of the old Judge.
Francis Mccoy, of 33 Penn avenue, was
called, but there was no remonstrance and
the case was passed over.
Patrick McDonough followed He has
the house at 18 and 20 Penn avenue He
has had license for 20 years. There was
but no one appeared and the
case went over.
Bernard McGinness, of 20 Water street.
He had wholesale license last year. There
was general remonstrance against him by
B. C. Christy, but nothing was DONE
Thomas Nuttridge, of English ale fame,
was called, but as he was i'll, his son ap-
peared for him. The boy was such a fine
looking one that the Court only said that as
the man had license three years, a good
character, and no remonstrance, nothing
else was needed. Nuttridge did not have
an attorney.
John Nee, of 200 Penn avenue had license
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