The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-18
BARTENDER GETS
HEAVY SENTENCE S |: ! Y Q
Justice Crutchfield linz n
poses Fine and Con-
finement.
RICHMOND SOCIAL
CLUB DEFENDANT.
This Organization is Employer
Of Voland, Who Sold Whiskey
to a Baldwin Detective
Who Was It,vestigat
ing case-Appeal
Taken.

Conrad yolnnd. bartender at the Rich
mond Social Club. was found guilty In
tho police Court yesterday morning OF
.sclllng llauor without a license and was
sentenced to two months confinement
In the city jail and to nay a fine 81 OF
san.
An appeal was tnken from the decision
OF Justice Crutchfield by T.. o. Wendct,-
burg, who represented the social club
The charges again Mr. Ft,lrher and
Mr.. Mcclair for conducting clubs illeg-
ally, were continued until the 18th of
April. II, the meanwhile the validity OF
the act under which the clubs are operat-
Ing will be tested in the HuTtings Court.
club oHicinls. through, tilcir attorneys,
lay .tres. upon the point that the bar.
tender OF club cannot he punished for
selling without license when he ;s
acting AZ the employe of the club. They
claim that there Is only one way to
reach the clubs and this way is to aileSe
that they src purposely evading the law.
And ii this be proven the charter can be
revoked. but the court that grants the
charter is the tribunal to issnc tile reco-
walton order. they hold.
Something over a hundred witnesses
had been s,irlmoned yesterday morning
to testify in the case 81 Conrad yolann.l
of tic Richmond Club. Chtnf-of-Pol!ce
Werner had looked over the list OF char
Ter members of tile organization and had
issued q summons for each individual
AS a result there were. man. prominent
citizens In he courtroom az Witnesses.
wfo had not bceniinside of tre club since
Il located In the present place, None OF
them eouia throw much light on the
question at issue. sci one H'itt'fsa dld tef-
tify tina; lie. became aJlfmentoer two
weeks ago on q sunahy AID that about
Two seconds after sIgninE w fiesst ocss
drink. y II ~ 81
Baldwin Detective Testifies.
a singular fact IN connection With the
trial OF yoiand, and, In fact. cornsrted
With all of the club cases WAS the fact
that four attorneys two OF whom arc now
CommonwealtlI'ssa attorneys and the other
TWO ex-Comn1ouwealthi attorneys. were
Interested in the outcome OF the case or
the cases.
Mr.. MinItrcc Foxes. commemorative
attorney OF Richmond. conducted the
g prosecution. MIR. David c. Richardson,
ex-commonwcalri,, attorney q the city,
is attorney for two OF the clubs now be-
ney T.. o. Wendcnburg, OF Henrico coun-
~ defended the Richmond Club, and ex-
3 commemorative Attorney II. NJ Smith.
Jr. the we'll known criminal attorney OF
the city, was Interested In the decision
TO be rendered by tie court.
John Fitzgerald. q BALDWIN detective
from Roanoke, was the PRINCIPAL witness
= for the prosecution. He Gold OF enter
ing the Richmond Club on sunday and
cca n ink aff hn III
signed an application blank for member
ship. He waa In company With Griffin
Arthur who also signed Il blank.
The defense offered no witnesses rely
ing solely upon the question that the
Commonwealth had not established the
fact that Yolund sold LIQUOR without a
license. AIR. Wcndenburg argued at
length upon the point and showed wherc.6
In the law was very defective. He read
the act under which the clubs are char
tered and conducted. and showed that
there were several punishments pre-
scribed In the same statute for the same
onense. q
Wendcnburg's Contention.
& This court can do nothing until the
Hastings Court has said whether or. not
there has been any intent to evnde the
law, And IL tho higher court takes this
View, then by another proceeding the
charter can he revoked and the club
smashed But as for this charge, the.
Commonwealth has utterly, failed to make
a case. BY It's own witnesses the Com
nonwealth has shown that this is q,
chartered club. and has az right to oper-S5
ate under the laws of the Sta te. The ac-i
FUSED Ia but the employe OF this club.
snd he has violated no law. He has moi
sold to- any one not "a member, and
therefore. can't be convict Cd. Y Il
In rendering his decision, Justice
Crutchfeld said that he thought the case
Was a plain one. He did not see how$a
man could become a member and pur.-,I
,,hase a drink in two seconds afterwa rds..
II was plainly to him an evasion OF the
Z VI and he convicted the accused.