Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-08-05
HOULE'S TRANSFER.
The Board OF License ommissioners
Grants the Application.

Inc Board or License commissioners
Grants the Application.
A meeting OF the Board of License Com
missioners was held last evening TO hear
the remonstrance against the transfer OF
the license held by o. M. Houle to
Alphonse Deslauriers.
Chairman Sweetland presided and all
were present, but Mr.. Meiklejohn. j.
Osheld, Jr., appeared for the remonstrants
and James l.. jerks for Mr.. Deslauriers.
Mr.. jerks opened the case by saying
that they were there as petitioners and
wanted to hear the evidence OF the re-
monstrants.
MIR. Osield called Joseph Armeli, the
milkman who supplied Houle with milk,
and he was sworn. He knew Houle, but
not Deslauriers. He was at the District
Court when the cases against Houle came
up and he was also there when the case
to release MIR. Houle from arrest was tried.
He heard both Houle's aud Deslaurier's
testimony.
Mr.. Osfield-Who did Houle say was
running the place?
Mr.. Jencks objected.
MIR. Osfield said he intended to show
that Deslauriers was carrying on the busi-
ness since June 30 without a license; that
Houle ard Deslauriers test flied to it In
court. II Deslauriers was carrying on the
business illegally he is not proper man
to have license.
Mr.. jerks said 1t was proper thing to
show IL Deslauriers has been doing busi-
ness illegally, but 1t was only heresay tes-
timony.
Mr.. Osfield said Mr.. jerks was paid to
oppose everything he said. The testi-
mony he wanted to introduce wss sworn
testimony. Deslauriers was there and
heard the testimony and then went on
the stand and zorro borated everything
Houle said, saying that he (Doslauriers)
had been carrying on the business since
June 80.
Mr.. jerks said he did not object to Mr..
Deslauriers' testimony being introduced.
Mr.. Armell then continued his testi-
mony. He SAID Deslauriers went on the
stand and did not deny Houle's statement
and that he said he (Deslauriers) was run
ming the place.
He had been by there number of times
day and the saloon was open and people
were going In and out.
Mr.. Jenks.asked II Armell said he was
selling liquor. Mr.. Armell said no.
Mr.. Ostield asked Mr.. Deslauriers where
he lived and Mr.. Deslauriers said In Prov
idence.
MIR. Jenks-Have you sold liquor2
Deslauriers-No, sir.
Mr.. Os6eld-Have you been carrying or
the business?
Deslauries-No; a man was doing 1t for
me.
Mr.. Osfield then began his argument
| and said that the remonstrance was to tn,
effect that Deslauries Is not a resident o
| Pawtucket and that he has been selling
| liquor without a license since June 80
He quoted sec of chapter SIG OF the II
| quor law to show that man must be
"citizen resident" In order to apply for
license. The second point was that Des
lauries had been doing an Illegal business
since June 80. IL Deslauries had no right
to sell liquor he had no right to delegate
anyone to do II for him. That was the re-
monstrants' case.
Mr.. jerks read the remonstrance and II
was signed by Armell, s. s. Gladding
Agt., f. A. Colwell and the Eastern Ad.
vertising Company. As only Armel was
present 1t looked as though the OF hers
were not interested.
He took up sec. OF chapter SIG of the
liquor law and read 1t, "Citizens resident
OF this State" He said Mr.. Osfield did
not read all OF the paragraph. He said
Houle's license had never been revoked.
II he could buy liquor he could sell 1t. II
Deslauriers was supplying him It was
none Of the Boards business. Houle
made an assignment. An assignee is an
agent to convert into money all goods OF
the man who assigns. Therefore, Deslau-
riers had right to sell all the liquor In
the shop. Therefore, Delauriers had not
violated the law, could get license ac-
cording to law and he asked the petition
be granted.
The Board then went into executive
session.
While In executive session 1t was voted
to grant the transfer.