Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-03-01
LICENSE COURT

Week-Frlday and SatuTady-nearlng OF
the needs of additional hotels at Billings
port and Greenwich township, and reasons
why John Callan's license for the Columbia
hotel in the first ward, Of Woodbury.
should be renewed;. also, the opinion Of
good citizens to the contrary.
The first case heard was the application
Of William Cunningham for license for
the John Hoffman house at Biliipgsport.
The property is now owned by Mr.. CIeayer,
of the Paulsboro hotel, and Mr.. Cunning
ham is the lessee. A large number Of the
prominent men Of Paulsboro, Of whom
Mayor William j, Atkinson was leader,
testified to the need OF this hotel. The
hotel is situate about an eighth Of mile
from Jesse NJ. Thompson's hotel on the
river and mile from the Cleaver house in
Paulsboro. 1t was testified that there we're
about twenty-five houses in the immediate
neighborhood of the hotel, and one hum
Edred houses west of the railroad, that
might be termed tributary to this hotel.
A point was made in favor of the license
that the house is an imposing brick struc-
ture. containing thirty rooms, and is on
she road leading to the Billingsport ferry
an avenue TO market much used by farmers
in summer.
The obiectors to the license claimed that
two large boarding houses and the Jesse M.
Thompson hotel, made ample provision for
the travelling and resident population.
Hon. Dayid o. Watkins represented the
applicant and Frances B. Davis, the obiec-
tors
The last October Grand jury returned
bill Of indictment against John Callan, Of
the Columbia hotel, First Ward, Woodbury.
for assault and battery onsMrs- Frank Eisen-
hardt This indictments has not been tried,
and as the house is Questionable to large
nun Der of First Ward residents, because,
they aliage, ii is rsscrt for both d en end
women and is disturbing element IN tie
com immunity. numerously signed protest
was fled to a renewal of the license, Mrs.
Eisenhardt, on whose complaint the Grand
Jury found the Indictment against Callan,
was a witness, and told Of Callan 8 assault
on her when she went to the house to sum-
mon her husband home; is was also in
evidence that the house was resort for
women, black as well as white, and neigh
bors testified to disturbing noises issuing
from the place
In contradiction forty witnesses testified
to the good order maintained by Mr..
Callan.
The women seen there were accompanied
by their husbands or escorts. and SCI asate
rooms were provided for them where lunch
and refreshments were served.
Watkins & Avis represented Callau and
Francis B. Davis the remonstrants.
Judge Jessup reserved his decision until
Monday.
MONDAY.
At the opening Of Court Monday MORN
ing Judge Jessup took up the license APP
plication.
That of Nothengale, for a wholesale
license in Greenwich township, he refused
without comment. AS to the Callan license
he said: independent Of the fact shat the
applicant is under indictment, and inde
pendent of the further fact that the appli-
cant had continued the sale of liquor q
week after the expiration Of his license,
the evidence proved that the applicant
had not kept his hotel in the manner that
the law contemplated . He then quoted
the Inns and Taverns Act, Section 12:-
THAT it shall be the duty of, and it is
hereby expressly enjoined upon the said
courts to license no more inns and tavernss
| in their respective counties, than shall be
necessary to accommodate and entertain
travellers and strangers, 80 gerYe the public
occasion of the said counties, and for the
convenience of mems meeting together to.
transact business, and TO prevent as much
as possible inns and taverns to be kept for
the encouragement Of tippling, gami ngs
drunkenness and other vices. In view Of
these facts, be said, the application is re-
fused.
As to the Cunningham application, the
Judge said, he had not had time to review
the evidence, and would reserve his decision
until Friday next.
Prosecutor Starr then moved the indict-
ment against P. B. Burke. David O. Wat-
kins, counsel for NJ Burke, arose and said
that be was i'll with severe cold and sore
throat, and asked to have the case posi-
present condition he could not do his client
justice. The case was then postponed as
requested BY Mr.. Watkins.
Robert NJ. Shoemaker, Of Pitman, has
sold his residence preparatory TO MOVING 70
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