The Monmouth inquirer., 1907-02-07
Monmouth County Courts.

Rosie Moscow of No. 9 Atkins ave
nue., Asbury Park, plead not guilty to
two indictments charging her with
the illegal sale of liquor She WAS re-
leased under $500 bail to appear for
trial on Monday.
The trial of but two cases was COM
pleted in court at Freehold and an
adjournment was taken until Thurs
day.
The jury ia the trial OF Rosie Mos
COW, charged with selling liquor with
out u incense at No. z Atkins avenue,
'Asbury Park. was out so minutes be-
fore rendering verdict OF guilty sand
aud it is rnmored that two mem-
beers were strongly in favor of an ac-
quittal. Mrs. Moscow had returned
home before the jury brought In the
verdict, having been out on bail since
the time OF her arrest and arraign-
fnent. f7aa
Charles e. Cook, Mrs. Moscow's
counsel raised q point in the case on
which the conviction will be taken to
the higher court for review. He made
4 motion that the evidence of the
amateur deteCtives be stricken out,
alleging that their testimony tended
to show that the respective sales
charged the defendant with the sale
OF liquor in quantities of more than q
quart, while the indictment on which
she was tried charged her with sales
In Quantities OF less than quart. The
motion was denied and an exception
granted. Mr.. Cooks contention was
that two or three bottles OF beer
served at each treat testified to by
the detectives together made more
than quart and that each treat CON-
'stituted single sale. Judge Foster
held that the quantity of intoxieauts
received by EACH person participating
In the treat was a sale in itself. Thus
Rosie will be saved from paying fine
or serving q term in prison for some
time to come at least as it will take
considerable time for the case to be
reached and disposed of by the
higher court.
The courtroom was crowded Thurs
day morning when Judge John e.
Foster took up the application for .
rene wal of liquor licenses made by
Mrs Kate Larkins, J. HI. Bennett and
Peter CapabiangO of West BelmaF
Lengthy petitions both for and
against the granting of the licenses
were placed before his honor and
over so witnesses familiar with the
conditions were examined, with the
result that Judge Foster stated that
he would give the applicants another
hearing next Thursday in order to be-
come more familiar with the trend of
public opinion. He stated that he
would either refuse all of the licenses
or permit them to be withdrawn and
presented again at the May term of
court.
This declaration comes as q sur
prise, as it practically means that
none of the applicants will be given
winter license. Judge Foster said
that he wanted to be fair to tho
residents of Belmar and if it was
proven to him that they wanted no
licensed saloons on the outskirts of
the place he would abide by their
wish. He stated also that when
Solomon Michaelson, another saloon
keeper of West Belinar. makes eppli-
cation in May his request will be
treated the same as those made by the
applicants in the present instance.
It is a we'll known fact that the
residents of Belmar have long been
opposed to the large number of sa-
looms which do business on the out
skirts of their resort, whose class of
patrons is not of the best. Last
summer George P. Wilson and several
other property owners were given
special police powers and at night
patroled the saloon territory in order
to give their wome u and children
protection.
But little opposition was made to
the application of Mrs. Larkins, as
her saloon is the most orderly in the
place.