The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-01
PAWTUCKET LICENSES.
The Hearing Before the License Com
m~issioners Yesterday Afternoon.
DENAHY'S LICENSE REVOKED
Because of Direct Communication be-
tween His Barroom and
The Communication Existed When the
License was Granted-Irwin's License.

of PawtucKet met at ) o'clock yesterday
afternoon to consider the matter of re-
voking the license OF Michael Quinn at
254 East avenue, and also that Of John IL.
Denahy at the corner or Tower and Taft
streets. Thomas w. Robinson appeared
as counsel for both men.
The case Of Michael Quinn was first
taken up. Officer Sweet of the police
force testified TO visiting the premises on
East avenue on Sunday, Jan. 81, and be
ing unable to see IN the lie
then went around TO the rear of the
house and saw five men come out Of the
cellar.
The proprietor was seen by one of the
commissioners and asked If there were
any objections to their seeing the place.
He replied no., aud after being absent for
about fifteen minutes, ostenslbly looking
for a key, he admitted the party. The
cellar under the barroom was visited,
and there were found "A beer barrel, beer
pump, "A pipe leading upstairs, a mallet,
etc, while the sink was nearly full of
beer. Appearances indicated that the
pine had been recently disconnected from
the barrel. Everything mentioned was
wet, which strengthened this opinion.
Tn cellar IN question. where the
liquors were stored, was connected with
the cellar leading to the tenement in the
same house by a door which was barred
up. The fastening was easily removed
at the request of the party.
awe Robinson claimed hat there
was no testimony to prove c~onclusively
that lidIor had been sold there that day,
and that the mans license could not be
revoked on thai ground. AS to the com
municatiou with the tenement the test
| mony showed that the door was barred
up at the time the commissioners saw IL,
! and there was no evidence to show that
il was different the from what it was
at any other time, The matter was held
for consideration.
The case of John III. Denahy was thea
taken up. The same officer testified to
visiting the premises with the two com
missioners the same Sunday, and seeing
n dozen or SO mel i'll the Dar-room who
started out as soon as they saw the
party. Tue oincer went around to the
r,ar of the place, and saw twelve men
coming out of the side door. The party
went into the Kitchen, from there TO a
meat market in which was no meat or
meat knives of any kind. aud from there
into the bar-room without any diff
Guilty. Denahy could not show his
license, but showed his receipt.
Denahv was eal!e and testified that he
was in the bar room that day thawine
out beer pipes. Commissioners Rex
asked him when his license was last
granted. and he replied Nav |. He said
he paid $3.50 for IL. lie testified that The
| doors between his kitchen and bar room
were Just the same a the time his license
was granted. He did not remember b..
ing told by COMMISSIONS Keenan, &c
close the door leading from his market tC
his bar room.
Lawyer Robinson raised the point ot
law that under the liquor law the mans
license could not De revoked on account
/ 80 that rnuntn nnipufinn hafyyapn hlS fana.
meut and barroom. because the condition
of things had not been changed since TIT
license was granted him. The commits
sioners decided TO revoke the ~license.
The commissioners met again later il
the evening aud decided not To reyoki
the license of Michael Quinn.
The facts brought out in the hearing
of the Denahy case tend TO show NOR,
looseness in the manner OF conducting
this department of the city's business
Denahy says he was not told to sea
up the doorway between his barroon
ana his market, and Commissioner
Keenan, says he was but however
that maybe 1t was the commissioner
business TO see hat the door was actu
ally sealed up before granting Denahy
his license, and not to let him have /
until they had proof positive that tn
door had been thus closed. Nothing wa,
offered in the hearing to indicate tina
I III 40 hptAtN wv "h' ~ NNoAA
mony to show that the door had no
always been as 1t was found a week az,
Sunday.
Denahy also testified that he paid S35
for his license last May; but when aske,
"A week ago Sunday to show his licens
he could only show a receipt for hi
money. Between hat time and yesteI
days hearing, however, he in some man
ner acquired his certificate, but whethe
he mislaid IL in the first place, or whethe
he received IL from the secretary o
the commissioners since the sunday vlsi
can only be surmised. The indication
are that the latter explanation Is the tru
Que, aud IL this is so, 10 Is but another I'm
stance of the careiessness Of certain o
the commissioners.
Elisha w. Bucklin's resignation take
effect to-day, and Mayor Brown will
doubtless till the vacancy at the earlies
date possible.
More of ~.
The cases against Daniel Mountain all
j.. j. Monahan. charged with v~iolatin
the Sunday screen law, came up for tri,
10 the Pawtucket District Court thI
morning, and during the course OF I'll
trial further instances of the loose an
careless manner In which the eX-secretaI
OF the Board Of License Commissions
has conducted the affairs OF that Ollie
were disclosed. In consequence of who
one Of the defendants, was enabled I
eyade the strong arm OF the law, and g
scot free.
Ina the course OF the trial Of Dlni,
Mountain 10 became necessary for a
government 10 prove that lac had bee