Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-16
LIQUOR CASES ONCE MORE
State Pharmacy Board Takes a
 Hand in the Fun.

Suit to Be Entered Against Druggists and Licenses to Be Revoked-The
 Cases Will Be Fought to the Bitter End 7 Considerable Displeasure Among the Victims at the Amount of the Fines.
 There is lots of trouble ahead for some of the saloon keepers and drug gists who were convicted of violating the liquor laws by the agent of the Law and Order league some time ago. Prosecuting Agent Pierce has not got through with them yet and the indi- cations are that it will De some time before he does. There will be consid- erable law, and if some of the liquor dealers do not go to the wall in conse- quence their bank accounts will suffer severely.
 MT Pierce has been notified by the state board of pharmacy to enter suit against all the druggists that were convicted Of breaking the laws some time ago; also that the board has de- termined to revoke the licenses of these druggists, which means considerable financial losses for them, or the taking out of licenses in some one elsees name.
 In the cases of the liquor dealers who have two convictions standing against them 1t will mean the loss of their licenses and they can never be granted a license again. Their bonds men will also be sued, which means for them the loss of $500 i'll each case.
 Regarding the liquor licenses Of the druggists there is a difference of opin- ion between Judge Bradstreet. who tried the cases, and Attorney Carmody, who with Attorney Root appeared for the defense, as to the courts authority in issuing a certificate of recommends tion to the county commissioners. While the statutes of '95 are specific dealers. nothing is said about drug gists. Judge Bradstreet imposed the smallest possible fines that could be imposed according to the statutes, whereas Judge Burpee imposed the highest fine, $25, in the case of drug gists, and $15 in the other cases.
 The liquor dealers claim to have been unfairly dealt with. Suit has all ready been entered against some of them and they have begun to prepare to fight. They claim that they were not aware they had offended the law twice under the same license until long after they had their licenses renewed.
 One of the bondsmen who has been notified to step up to the captains of fee and plank down his cold $500 told a representative of this paper to-day that he Is being sued for license that was issued in November 1899 and that the dealer received a renewal of his license without a protest and in addition to this made affidavit that he had not been up for violation of the license law during the previous year and he had not been and took the oath honestly for he had no knowledge at that time nor for several months later that the spotter cases were slowed away against him. After all, it was a great mistake in many respects to have held back these liquor cases from Septem- Der until after election. While the heelers of the republican party may not have had anything whatever to do with the delay. still no one can make the public think differently and naturally the men who are being made to feel the lash a second time within q few months are not saying very nice things of those who had to do with the cases. Most of the bondsmen, in fact all of them 1t is thought. will take the cases into the courts and intend to put them as far as possible before giving in. The best counsel in the state will defend them so that Prosecutor Pierce has the biggest fight of his life ahead of him.
 MT Pierce was slipping hot beef tea Tn the Apothecaries hall when he was asked if he had taken any action in the eases yet. He replied that he had not entered suit against any of the dealers or druggists but had written them the facts in the case thereby hop ing to save them S265O each, and to come to his office and pay up their bonds. If they failed to do this suit Will be entered against them and they will be put to additional expense. got fourteen bonds from the county treasurer, Hiram Jacobs, with instruc- tions to collect $500 on each and I have stared to dogso. AS for the drug- glsts. l see no hope for them. They will not only loose their license to sell liquor i'll the package hut also their li- census as pharmists. That is what the law says.
 "But was only few days ago when each druggist got his 1icense,'' put ins one of the clerks.
 "Oh. that makes no difference,' re- piled MT Pierce, ..the state board of pharmacy can revoke a druggists li- eense at any ime. When they will begin on thelocal cases Idon't know but SUD- pose it will be after the county com missioners have got through with the liquor dealers.''
 MT Pierce has just returned from At lantic City where he had been in quest of good health. Fourteen cases mean for him $140.
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