Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-17
II IS A TEST CASE
County Commissioners Want
 Joseph, Corr to Pay.
CORR SIGNED LIQUOR BOND.

The Parties Went Out of Business and County Commissioners Look to Him
 For the License Money Case Now
 Being Heard in Bridgeport Prose cutor Pierce Says More Will Follow
 As Result of the Liquor Prosecu-
 tions Soon to Be Heard.
 Some of the lawyers are comparing Prosecuting Agent Pierce to Carrie Nation, the only difference in their methods of doing business is that Mir Pierce's is legal. There was no change to-day in the situation between MT Pierce and the saloon Keepers and druggists whose bonds are to he for feited on account of their having ylo-' lated the law. None of them has paid his, bond or taken any steps in that dI~ rection, and MT Pierce has not begun legal proceedings. He said that in all. probability he will not take any action until the first Tuesday in May. as lie will be quite busy until then with other matters.
 Those who will suffer by this move' of Mir Pierce's are considerably agi- tated. The bondsman in each csases will have to pay $500 if the saloon keeper falls to pay. It is the bonds man the law looks to and he evidently looks to the saloon keeper for reim- bursement. In many instances both the saloon keeper and his bondsman will suffer severely. 1t will be a harl- ship for them to raise the sum de- handed by the law for being outraged. while some of them must close their doors or take out licenses in some one else'S name.
 In the case of the druggists the hard- ships are still greater, for the druggist not only loses his liquor license but his, pharmacy license as well.
 Regarding the power of the court m granting q certificate of recommenda- ton to the druggists, the lawyers ab-A pear to be unanimous in the opinion that the court has that power Mr Pierce is the only one who holds contrary opinion, and it is said he agreed with them when the cases were the talk of the town, and other saloon keepers and druggists were wondering # they would be next to be summoned to court. All have engaged counsel, so It Is evident they are ready 10 fi4ht whenever Mr Pierce steps into tl,e .ring.
 Whatever view the courts may take of the suits now being brought against parties who have signed as bondsm8n for liquor dealers who have been con- yicted of violating the law. it is cer- tain that the suits will be likely to cause many to consider these mzttef&' little more carefully in the future before putting their names on such documents. Of course liquor dealers . who have the means will foot all the bills, but how about men who are not able to pay their bondsmen salpposirg the cases should be decided again3t them? Through litigation of this kind we'll meaning people are often placed i'll a decidedly embarrassing position on account of their inability to meet certain expenses that they never dreamed of having to pay and to thss rather than to dishonesty can be traced the financial collapse of more than one man. Those whom he trust- ed were honest enough and under ordlr nary circumstances what he did for them might not have cost him one cent. but unforeseen events turned up which created liabilities which the dealers were not able to meet and as a result the bondsmen had to bear the burden.
 The case of the county commission- CTS against Joseph Corr of this city. which will be heard in the supreme court at Bridgeport ao-morrow is striking example of this. He alleges that he signed liquor license bond for Mir Hogan and that knowing this. Prosecutor Pierce made out the license in the name of Mrs Hogan. Compli- cations of one kind and another fo1~ lowed which resulted in Mir Corr b0x ing called upon to settle for fl}e amount of the bond. He has employed the O'Neills to defend him and intends to fight the case into the Inst ditch- He declares that he never would have gone. on the bond had he known that the license was to be made out in the woman's name and feels confident that the courts will take cognizance of the deception that was practiced upon him and rule in his favor. Mir Hogan and his wife are honest citizens. nc one disputes this, but reverses set in which they were not competent to cope with and they were forced to retire without fulfilling their obligations to il. estate, so that the bondsman has been forced to come down with the dust or try conclusions with Prosecutor Pierce The outcome of this case will be watched with considerable inter- est, not only in Waterbury, but all over New Haven county.