News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-05-14

/ Press, did you nOtY A. did.
Q. And did you say in connection WITH
that, 81 am the sole proprietor Of the Van
Ness house; every person from manager
down are my employees; l take all the
responsibility of prOprietor| A. did.
Q. And do you say that now? A. Yes,
do. VIII tell you the reason why l nub
lished that.
@. Just answer my questions, II you
please As the proprietor of that hotel, has
there been any time when every order that
you saw fit to give In good faith couldn't,
| and probably wouldn't, have been carried
out there? A. / can't say. l have given my
orders to the manager.
Q. You say at one time that you dis
covered Mr.. Seeley had stock OF lager beer
in the storeroom off the dining room, for
use in that dining room! A. / heard so.
@. You ascertained that it was so; you
said that Mr.. Clark went and looked? A.
He said 1t was there, didn't learn what use
he had made of it, and don't know today.
q. At that time If you had said to Mr..
Clark, 81 never under any circumstances
will have any liquor served in that dining
rOom," have you an idea 1t would ever have
been served there again? A. don't know.
1t might not.
@. DO you think it ever would? A. Ican't
tell you. | should say 1t might be.
Q. From what you know about your
sell and from what you know about Mr..
Clark, do you think II you had said that 10
Mr.. CLARK that liquor would have continued
. | 10 De served III IndJ ul0luR TOOUE A. L uon
know whether Mr.. Clark could prevent it, or
any one else, perhaps.
@. You have kind of dining room down
there that runs itsefY A. mean it would be
pretty hard thing to prevent It.
q O. Do you seriously mean to tell me that
it would be a difficult thing for you to sto'
the service of liquor in that dining room
: utterly and absolutely? A. Yes, because
s have known of its being done there in til
case without authority.
: @. When did you first learn that bell boys
brought liquor into the hotel and served 1t TO
q guests there? A. never learned it.
@. When were you first informed that that
Il was true? A. l never was informed until
I, after this suit was brought.
a O. When was this interview between
yourself and the committee with reference
a to Mr.. HOwe-before or after this u wa
t. brought? A. Before.
h @. And l understand you to say that
never until after this suit was brought We're
d you informed that bell boys had nron@ht
n liquor into the hotel and served 1t there! A.
h Not to my remembrance; no.
Q. So that when Mr.. Bates and G'r. lido
Is and the rest of them that testified thai you
| did so state upon that occasion they mis-
,r stated? A. Yes, they misstated what said
entirely.
o. @. And you never had known previous to
a that time of that factp A. Not from my
70 actual knowledge.
a. o. am talking or asking about your
|
ton to that effect before that time? A. Not
ot that remember.
~ Q. You would be apt to remember it A.
GO GO l don't know. There are great many things
d that occur in IA years.
a. a. @. When you had that interview with
6o that committee had you any such tnforma-
no ton? A. Not that know Of.
so O. You know that on one occasion
or bell boy was arrested and prosecuted for
vi furnishing liquor in your hotel thereT A. L
nc never heard of it.
I'D @. Never did hear Of it? A. No.
or Q. Referring to these banquets, you saY
Vi you thought 1t was wrong to serve ttlt
!, a champagne? A. Yes.
20 @. What did you allow them to serve II
ny for? A. didn't allow them.
bo @. They served 1t against your protest?
~. A. Against my protest, that Is it, didn't
~ use force.
as q. You were not proprietor of the house
.. at that time, were you? A. was.
W @. If you had said to Mr.. Clark or Mr.
a dV Booth or anybody else, you can't serve that
90 champagne, do you think it would have
aSe been served there? A. l do not, sir, no.
40 Q. Tell me why you allowed it to be
a. a. served? A. Because l thought they had a
on Nv right to do it, bad a legal right to do it.
90 Q. Not because you thought 1t was
T right, but because you thought they bad the
.or,, legal right? A. Yes; that is it.
0l! @. Mr.. Wilds wishes me to repeat my
,,o. question and be certain that you understood
To-
ntc that you supposed they had the legal right to
tbe serve this champagne in public place? A.
oao | did suppose so, and do now.
can @. And suppose so now? A. Yes; under
'it same circumstances suppose they have.
.hn Q. You haven't consulted your attorneys
Vic on that branch of the case, have your A.
oh l have, yes, sir; and that is their opinion
n nis @. Their opinion, l infer from the ex-
NO animation of the witness, that as long as you
nv had leased that room to these people, for the
time being, they might do what they saw fit
81, "a there? A. Within proper bounds, yes.
9o @. Is the service Of intoxicating liquor
- - within proper bounds in Vermont A. by
h an association l think 1t is. understand so.
5n' O. Did you ever read the act of 1894? A.
Mr. Yes, and think that signed that act my
NJ self.
o,+ Q. Did you ever hear of this statute
.ho (reading) "Every building and erection OF
he whatever kind or the ground itself upon
uo which Intoxicating liquor is unlawfully sold
iI furnished or given away shall be held to be
nIs common nuisancer' A. l think signed and
ecu think the Supreme court is now consider
.o ing whether it is constitutional or not.
~ Q. Is the trouble with you or the
~ Supreme court' l read you another ex-
~, VI tract from that section: "And a
r. e. person keeping the same shall be adjudged
Lo ~ guilty of keeping a common nuisance and
i,. shall be fined not more than $500 and moi
IN less than $40. or be shall be fined not more
7"S- than $40 and imprisoned not more than three
ho months and not less than one month, In the
De discretion of the court" You signed that
a., Sn also? A. Yes, | think did.
.ne @. So you can't plead ignorance of the law
naI A. [ had forgotten all about It.
anu O. You think you were powerless tC
,,t prevent the service Of champagne at thai
i ~. banquet? A. No, not powerless.
Ivy @. You were not powerless to have
op- stayed away yourselfS A. No. sir.
s au, Q. Did you think it was right for you tc
i Ia go there and lend the force of your example
uo to a wrong thing9 A. think you want {
., little good to eaven the loaf.
a med @. That was what you got the minister
t tlu there for? A. Yes.
bar o. AS | understand, you knew wher
l, they rented that room that they proposed &c
10 put 1t to that useY A. No, didn't know Il
then.
lese Q. They told you they were going to-
pos A. | didn't rent 1t. Mr.. Clark made II {
arrangement for the room. was In Mont
hole peller at the time, and asked the presiGrn
r. of the society not to have any wine. tn
'op' down and asked him.
opt 0. When did you find out they wrr,
bar going to have it? A. found out day 81
ont two before.
this o. You knew, then, before they wer'
permitted to 90 into the room that they in
wilt tended to use II for that purposeY A.
line did so.
see o. You have said that on one occasion
hen | YOU stood ut the desk and saw % cents pait
to boy for the purpose of going out an
You obtaining some Bass aleI A. Yes.
any O. Did 1t occur to you how that no!
was going to get the ale to the guest2 A.
our supposed he was going after 1t and carry
this to him.
hall @. Did it occur to you to ask Mr.. Clarl
ask whether that had ever been done beforep A
| didn't ask him.
Q. Do you know whether IL had or ha,
hole not been done beforeY A. l do not; neve
In saw It done.
A. Q. Have you the slightest doubt II upol
that occasion you had told Mr.. Clark tina
the under no circumstances should an employee
of yours bring into that hotel and furnish
All guest with intoxicating liquor that this bust
e ness would have stoppedH A. think W,
anne couldn't prevent 1t, and ! will tell you why
. II @. don't care to have you tell why
Perhaps you can tell that by and by. | ask yoI
zen II you don't know that II that boy went on
that and bought and brought that liquor to Thu
red guest that that would be illegal furnishing L
that guest? A, II depends upon circumstances
A. Isuppose IL the guest Is in need of that quo
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