The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-05-14


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r0om. hafr 500 an iiea q would ever have
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u na tau think "a ever wnuIF can't
i,II ,uH. ! sh1ail ssy u might bs.
q From what Aou know sbeui your
-rIt and from Nhat 1cu know hboW Nj
CLARK. tla Nnu think II Nuu had sail that 10
Mr. Chk inst bluur vouid have continued
tn hr served 10 that dining ruamt \ haut
Know ~ neither Mr. Clark puuld prevent 70. Ur
ans one else. perhaps.
q Nun haNta Mud 81 dining room down
there that runs ilscjf' A. / moan u would he
pUitg hard thing TO prevent W,
q 10 YOU seriously mean to tcll me that
Il would b, a difficult thing for yuu Go stoe
the service ~ liquor IN that dining ROOM
utterly anil absolutely 4 Yes, brgausr
have known Of lt- being done there Ia III
case - lthput authority.
O. When dld YOU first learn that boil hu1
brought liquor into The hetel and served Is 10
guests there's 4 | never learned e.
O. When We're You drst Informed that that
va, trucs A. / never WAS Informed until
after this suit WAS brought
O. When wa, ihh interview between
yourself and The committee with reference
to Mir Howe. before or after this "a ~
brought \, notorr.
q And | understand YOU 10 .aN hist
never until after THIS suit va. bronalt Nrf'
you Informed that bell boys had ri"'
liquor into the hotel aud served u th,tt. \.
Not 10 nv remembrance no.
q. 50 that Nhea MIR Hates and q T.. The
and the rest Of them that testified iha, YOU
itd NO state upon that occasion they mis-
stately A. lcs, they msstalcd what said
entirely
q. And YOU never bad known previous 10
that time Of that tacty A. Not from nv
actual knowledge,
q. / am talking OF asking about Your
information Had you received any Dutorma.
ton to that effect before 'hat timer A. N"l
that | remember,
q You would be apt to remember Il \
don't know. There are great many things
that occur IN Il years.
q, When you had that interview WIN
thai committee had YOU any such inturma
tony 4. Not that know Of,
q. You know that on one occasion
bell boy was arrested and prosecuted fot
furnishing liquor Ia your hotel thcroI \. !
never heard Of H.
.. Never did hear Of ~ A, No.
y Referring TO these hnnquct, you ~
YOU thought Il was wrong to serve II
champagne A Yes.
q. What did YOU allow them to serve II
fnrf A. didn't allow them
.. They served It against your protest.
A. Against nay protest, that Is It, ! didn't
use force.
y. You were not proprietor OF the HOUSE
nt that time. were your A. was
q Ifyou had said 10 MIR, Clark or Mt
Booth or anybody else, you can't serve that
champagne, do YOU think It would have
been served therot A. do not, SIR no,
O. Tell me why you allowed Il 10 be
ser,ed2 A. Because ! thought they had u
right 10 do II. had a legal right to do II.
q Not because you thought II was
right. hat because YOU thought they had the
LEGAL rlrhtY A. Yes. that IL IT,
q. Mr.. Wilds wishes me 10 repeat my
question aud be certain that you understood
il. He want, me to ask Won II you swear
that YOU supposed they had the legal right To
serve this champagne In a public place A.
did suppose 50, and do now.
q. And suppose 40 now A. Yes. under
ZANE circumstances suppose they have.
q. You haven't consulted your attorneys
on that branch Of the case, have your \.
have. yes, sir: and that II their opinion.
o. Their opinion. ! infer from the en-
animation Of the witness that a. long NJ you
had leased that room 10 These people, for the
time being, they might do what they saw NJ
lhcrey A. Within proper bounds, yes.
q Is the service Of Intoxicating liquor
within proper bounds in Vermont A. by
al association think It ls understand 80.
.. Did you ever read the act Of ls'iY A.
Yes. and | think that signed that act my
self
o. Did YOU ever hear Of this statute,
lrcadingI '"Eycry building aud cree ION 81
whatever Kind or the ground itself upon
which Intoxicating liquor IL unlawfuIy sold,
furnished or given away shall be held to be
common nuisanreT A. I think ! signed and
/ think the supreme court Is now consider
ing whether 1t II constitutional ~ not.
.. l. the trouble with you or tho
supreme court / read you another cx-
tract from that section: And
person keeping the same shall be alJudRed
guity Of keeping common nuisance aud
shall be fined not more than 600 and not
les, tbsp 500. or be- shall be- fined not more
than S2O and imprisoned not more than three
ninth. md moi Ir.- than one month, In the
Ji.rrctIon Of The court" You signed that
at.nt 4 Yr-. mink did.
q. So Won can't plead ignorance Of the law