The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-11-01
LICENSE BOARD
HEARS TESTIMONY
(From Thursdays Advertiser

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The Board OF License Commission
ers took testimony in three cases G
alleged violation of the liquor llcens
law yesterday. The first of these case
was that of John D. Moore. license
Of the Palace restaurant, charged witt
not running a bona fide restaurant
The second case was that of All Cho;
Of Heeia, charged with selling liquo
on credit. The third was that of Gu
Cordes. licensee of the River Rhin,
saloon. charged with having attempt
ed to transfer his license without tn,
consent of the board.
| In Moore's case. no one appeared fol
him. The case against him was pre-
sented by Chairman Ballentyne. Hing
Kee. who runs the restaurant. was
produced as the principal witness. He
| identified receipts given him by Moore
for rent of the part of the building
occupied by the restaurant. Also a
written notice from Moore notifying
him of a raise in the rent. Hing
KEGS testimony was clear that the
saloon and the restaurant were sepa-
rate enterprises, run as such, and
owned as such.
In the case of All Choa. c. w. Ash
ford appeared for him and admitted
that he had, prior to October S. sold
liquor over the bar to be consumed
on the premises, on credit in a few
instances. But that he had done this
in ignorance of the law, a Chinese
translation of the law which had been
issued by w. C. Peacock & Co.. and
upon which All Choa had relied, not
being able to read English. being
faulty and not containing a transla-
ton of that part of the section for
bidding sales on credit At the same
time Ashford claimed that the law
only authorized the board to act as 1t
was proposing to act where the IL
censee had violated the provisions of
his license or had been convicted in
court. In this case he pointed out
that the license did not contain any
provision against selling on credit.
and so far from being convicted. All
Choa had been acquitted The board.
however, held that there were other
general provisions of the section which
gave it abundant authority for pro-
ceeding as it was. number of wit
nesses were placed on the stand
George W. MCGOWAN, cowboy;
Ulysses S. Jones, a policeman, and |
Henry Pahia. They each testified to |
having bought liquor of All Choa on |
credit. on cross-examination It APP
peared that on the trial of All Choa |
before the District Court in Koolau,
on the charge of selling on credit,
they had never been asked If the liq-
lor they bought on credit was con-
;umed on the premises.
All Choa took the stand hi7,self and
estified that he did not know he was
T'olating the law until he was ar
ested for it. and that since then he
lad not sold on credit w c. Pea
ock told about the Chinese transIa-
ion of the law.
Gus Cordes was put on the stand ,
nd asked about the sale of his Ii T
ense. He admitted that he had re-
eived from Quong Chong Lung $3.50 ,
Or the control of his saloon, he re- {
aiming a one-twelfth interest. and be- a
lg hired to remain at the saloon :
ally, for which he received $3.50 a d
eek. Two Chinese bartenders were
in the saloon. He explain A
i this by saying that the saloon did
OF have much white trade any more.
s trade being principally Chinese, :
atives and Japanese. He also yolun- =
erred the information that there was =
} fortune in the saloon business any =
OiCr anu ll4dl ne WISHED ne ndu
ever been in the business He also -
'ked the board not to be too hard =,
/ him, as he had a large family to Z
lpport and was crippled up with ..
journalism. The transfer to the
linaman had been made. he said. on
e second Of July, the day he got his n
ense. In
The board held an evening session
consider the testimony heard.
In the case of All Choa, the board
cided to reprimand him. In the
her two cases the testimony was
dered written up and submitted 10
e Attorney General for his opinion
neither under It the board could act. "
There will be another meeting on co
'Baay afternoon. at which Fred XII tn
Is application will come up for on
bile hearing