The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-05-08
License Cases

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Il License Cases.
There was large audience at the court
house on Saturday to listen to the remon-
strances presented against granting licen-
ses for the sale of liquor. The majority of
the spectators were interested in the pro-
ceedings against the two hotels in Moores-
town, charges having been preferred of
illegal actions, which, if proved, will re-
suit in the closing of two hotels which
have heretofore been considered as the
most orderly and law abiding in the
county.
The first remonstrance heard was that
against the application of Richard G.
Evans, who wanted to keep hotel at New
Gretna. 1t did not take long to dispose of
this case as it was soon disclosed that
there were not the requisite number of
legal signers to the application. Mr. Evans
was allowed to withdraw his paper, ar d
that will dispose of the matter so far as he
is concerned, for some time, as, under the
new law, he will not be able to again
apply for long time, being a non-resid-
ent of the county, and the statute which
goes into effect in July requires residence
of at least one year.
The remonstrances against the hotels of
Henry Barry and Halleran g. Co., at
Moorestown, were then taken up. Elk
Prosecutor Budd and s. T. Robbins ap-
peared for the applicants, the remonstrants
being represented by Messrs. Bleak y &
Stockwell, of Camden.
The court had already given notice that
the evidence should be entirely confined
to the charges against these places, refer
ence to the necessity for the hotels or any,
thing on that line not being necessary
1t was agreed that the remonstrants should
produce evidence against both of the
hotels before the defence began.
John Dallas was the first witness. He
is an agent for the Law and Order League,
and at its request he investigated the no.
tel of Henry Barry at Moorestown. His
FIRST visit was on the night of Wednes-
day, February %. He was accompanied
by two men, one of whom purchased six
bottles of beer. Dallas bought four bot
ties OF beer and half pint bottle of
whiskey. There were eight or ten people
In the barroom on that night, portion of
them being colored men. On March 8,
which was Saturday. Dallas again visited
the hotel in the evening. There were
about fourteen persons in the barroom
that evening in different stages of intoxi-
cation. He saw one man staggering
drunk served with whiskey, and another
in the same condition served with beer.
On the evening of March 10, he saw two
colored and one white man served with
beer. one of them taking two bottles and
the other one bottle. which they took
from the room. He saw half dozen
half-pint bottles of whiskey sold and
taken from the premises. He went out of
the hotel and went back later in the even
ing, when he again saw drunken men
served and saw liquor sold in small bot
ties and taken from the room. He met
Joseph t. Sullivan on the outside of the
AODSAp oA0 VhAAC Will ulku saw
men pass. Mr.. Sullivan gave him their
names, and Dallas recognized them as
men to whom liquor had been sold. Again
on that same night he saw, within twenty
minutes. eight drunken men served with
liquor and saw five half pints sold. His
next visit was on the 18th of April-an.
other Saturday night. There were %
men, white and colored, in the place.
Three of each class were served while
drunk. Men in different stages of<intox-
ication were standing around, but he did
not see anybody ordered out on that &C
. count. colored man and a white mar
got into an argument on the race ques
ton and became somewhat noisy, and the
colored man was told to get out. On that
evening he saw thirteen drunken mer
served in fifteen minutes. This continued
until 11.30. He did not see any one re
/, fused liquor as long as he had the money
to pay for it.
The first part of the cross-examinatiaI
of Dallas was to show that he was EN-
ployed by 8. H. Hahn, of the Law ant
Order League, to secure evidence will
reference to the illegal sale of liquor ant
= that he was to report to Mr.. Sullivan
Dallas said he saw Mr. Barry at the hote
on the occasions of his visits, and that tn
:. proprietor was generally in the office H
was questioned closely for the purpose o
shaking his evidence, but he did not con
: tradict himself in any particular.
Mr.. Biddle, another detective, told G
his visits to Barry's hotel, and of buyin
whiskey and beer in quantities not in az
: cordance with the law. On one of hi
q visits he remained at the hotel over Sur
N day, and at 49, 30 Sunday morning he pu
"a chased half-pint of whiskey.
Hugh Barr was the next witness. II
lie gave his residence as ''seven months
D. Moorestown, and two months in the count
v jail" explaining the latter by stating TIL
ID he is confined in the jail on a charge
p assault and battery with intent to xii
IS He said he was working at Moorestow
is and was In the habit of going to the hot
sn every Saturday evening from Septemb
ne until March, with the exception of Il
a Saturday before Christmas On the eve
OK ing of March II he got drunk in Barry
hotel. He was there from eight o'clot
ng until 11.30 and had somewhere in Il
he neighborhood of IA drinks, and got ha
ed pint of whiskey while drunk. He we
es to the hotel in sober condition, havil
lc- had but three drinks at that time. VIII
oe in the hotel he asked man to drink wi
as him, and when he went to pay for t
l treat the bartender demanded % cen
* Barr disputed this and while they we
phi arguing the man who had been treat
tut thought he would settle the controver
! a by paying the bill. Barr took this as
wn insult and knocked the man down. In
am turn he was pounced upon and while
he was being knocked and kicked he drew
TO revolver. II don't know" said BIZ
ln- whether it is good judgment to admit
this before the honorable court, but 1t