CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1906-02-01

you? A. Wen. no. We never served
any free lunch.
Q. Well did you run one for pay I
A. Well. some time l would have q
friend there and would 60 ont In
the kitchen and get something for my
self and for him, or II did not want
to go home, would get it there.
Q. Did you have beer in there? A.
Yes, sir.
@. Who buys this beer? A. do.
O. Have you record of what you
buy? A. A. No, sir, have not.
just get it when we need 1t.
O. Tell the jury how much beer
and whiskey you have purchased? A..
have purchased a great deal Of whis-
key and beer, that is. beer consumed
in the club.
Q. What becomes of it? A. sell
it outside.
Q. Where? A. 1 sell It ON the hill.
' @. How much beer have you
bought? A. Well, should Judge,
about half barrel of beer a day.
Q. What is a barrel? A. That is
thirty-two gallons.
@. How much whiskey? A / ex-
pect about possibly two gallons.
Q. Two gallons? A. Possibly now,
might be a little wrong.
@. How much wines? A. Well,
that would be hard for me to tell.
@. Well, how much did you pur-
chase? A. Well, maybe half case
Of wines day.
@. How much is that? A. Well.
six quarts.
Q. These are all sales over the bar
in that place? A. Yes. sir, to the
members.
Q. Well, over the bar? A. Yes. sir,
to the members of the club.
The direct examination of NJ. T.
McCuniff by City Attorney Taylor and
his cross examination by Judge H. l..
Sayre follows:
@. You are the N. T. McCuniR
named as the defendant in these cases?
A. Yes, sir.
@. You are doing business at 305
Main street A. What was the ques-
ton?
@. Well, / will ask another ques-
ton. Have you government license
for the sale of intoxicating liquors
posted up in the place where you are
doing business?
Objected to by counsel for defend
ants as irrelevant. incompetent and
immaterial. Objection overruled. to
which ruling of the court, defendant
excerpts.
Counsel for defendant cites Section
81 of Black on Intoxicating Liquors.
A. No, sir. have not.
@. None posted up in the building
A. No. sir.
@. Well, then. there Is a govern
ment license posted up in your build
ing? A. A. I misunderstood. there is
a government license.
Q. You say you have govern
ment license Of your own in your place
of business. A. Taken out last July.
@. Where Is that license? A. In
the safe. at the place where do bus
mess.
witness, M. T. McCuniff. Cross ex-
amined by Judge Sayer.
Q. You are president Of this club?
A. Yes, sir.
@. You were president at the COM
Of It? A. Yes. sir.
@. And has Dyer been secretary.
and dispenser, and clerk during that
time? A. Yes, sir.
@. Were you yourself or with Dyer.
running n business in this same room
with these same bar fixtures up TO
this time in last October? A. l never
had anything to do with Dyer.
@. Well, then, by yourself? A.
Yes, sir.
@. And had been for considerable
length of time? A. Yes, sir.
You quit that business when the
city ordinance went into effect? A.
Yes. sir.
q. Who avas chiefly instrumental In
getting this up? A. was. I believe.
@. And you busted yourself chiefly
in effecting this organization and Sc
curing members? A. Yes. sir. as
sisted.
@. You say this club has lease
on that building for year? A. Yes.
sir.
@. Do they lease the furniture and
bar fixtures? A. Yes, sir.
@. These bar fixtures are practi.'
caliy the same fixtures which you had
in your saloon business? A. Pract-
cally the same.
@. You say your membership there
is limited to four hundred. A. Yes,
sir.
@. Why did you limit 1t? A. l
think 1t is enough.