Evening journal., 1908-10-03
COURT HEARS THE
LICENSE CASES
One Application Withdrawn,
Three Licenses Granted,
and One Case Held Up
WITNESS FOUND HIS
LIQUOR UNDER TREE

General Sessions Court this morning
took up the contested liquor license
cases. That OF Keil and RodeS, south
west corner Of Front and King streets.
was the first case considered. j. Frank
Ball represented the applicants while
Deputy City Solicitor Satterthwaite op-
posed the granting of the license. Mr.
Satterthwaite presented the usual re-
monstrance against the application. as
well as a specific one signed by about
l400 persons declaring that the house
was unnecessary and that II had been
conducted improperly Testimony
against the applicants, however failed
to prove the latter charge. officers
Burchenal and Dutton, who are ia
miliar with the saloon, swore that al
though crowds congregate about the
place there is no disorder there. The
officers also said that the proprietors
conducted their business in accord O.
ance with law. As this was all the
! testimony Mr.. Satterthwaite had to
present against the application the
court granted the license application.
Mr.. Satterthwaite explained afterward
that the city solicitor had felt it his
lduty to oppose the licensing Of the
saloon inasmuch as he had opposed the
licensing of other houses in that To-
cality.
The Law and Order Society opposed
the granting of license TO John Kelle-
her. at the Practical Farmer. IN Bran
dywine hundred, ON the principal
ground that he had sold liquors To
minors as well as on Sunday. In sup
porting the formercharge, Caleb n. Bur-
chenal called Carl Adams who after
saying he would not be q years old
until May of next year. swure that he
had drunk beer in the hotel six months
ago. The youths father. who was the
second witness. said his boy was moi
2l years old but could not recall IN,
year of the boys birth.
Found Liquor Under Tree.
Frank Roberts, colored man. VIII,
, had signed Kelleher's application for
license, created some amusement whil
; giving his testimony. lie had beci
: called by Mr.. Burchenal to substan
? tlate the charge that Kelleher had sol
liquor on Sunday but Frank proved.
b, roor Witness He denied thar he ia
Y ever bought liquor from Kelleher @
that he had ever drunk In the hotel o
: sunday. Frank admitted that he ha
. found whiskey on Sunday under
/ cherry tree two hundred yards fror
, the hotel but did not know how it ha
, got there. He admitted that whiske
r couldn't be found under every cherr
: tree IN Brandywine hundred. althoug
: he had looked for IL in many peculia
: places.
"A man viii look most any place 70
I, drink while he is dry" remarks
Frank and the audience laughed.
George Ridgway and Louis Pfror
. testified that they had heard disorde
outside the hotel They also said the
, did not believe Kelleher was a prope
man 10 conduct the hotel They ad
mitted that they had never known Kel
= leher to be intoxicated This conclud
ed Mr.. Burchenals information agains
the application.
= John T.. Beale, Thomas j. Bird. Jane
= Watson and Thomas e. Malin. who wer
: called IN behalf OF the petition. swor
D that Keleher was a proper man to con
duct the hotel and that the place Is
p public necessity in the community. It be
ing the only hotel on the PhIladelphi
turnpike between Wilmington and IN
Pennsylvania State line Mr.. Ball fol
lowed up this testimony with a petitio
signed by thirty residents of Brandywln
. hundred declaring that Kelleher is
moral man and that the hotel is a publ
! necessity. Before the case was CLOSED
Kelleher went on the stand and swor
that he had no recollection Of ever sellin
liquor to Adams. The court held the cas-
lf nder advisement
II The remonstrance against the applica
i. ion Of E. Bulgiani No. II East Fror
street. was withdrawn as the testimon
J. against the place was similar TO that
T. the Heil and Rodek case.
The city withdrew its remonstrane
against the application Of Frank sha'
.. eor a license for the property on th
- northwest corner OF Eighth and Orana
streets, whereupon the court granted n
license.
Walter II. Hayes. for Reuben W. Wal
~ ren. withdrew Warren's application for
license at Townsend. thus disposing Of n
Pr remonstrance against the applicant
ne