Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1908-07-16
We WELCOME YOU!
WHY BEER IN BRIDGETON?

Under an ordinance of City Council,
no person has right to sell liquor. or
beer in the City of Bridgeton without
having first obtained a license for that
purpose from the City Council. In
past years when there was an effort
/ upon the part of the local authorities
! to enforce law and order many persons
were convicted of violating the ordi-
nance and the illegal traffic in drink
+ was practically broken up.
Not so now.
The Mayor, the police officers, with
Everybody else daily witness the loaded
beer wagons, watch the daily delivery
of quantities, made in the open day-do
nothing about it, evidently think moth
ing of it. The Mayor and police Off
GERS know that these illegal beer deliv-
eries cause great deal of drunkenness,
much disorder and ofttimes more seri-
GUS crime. Once in while be-
/ [fuddled brain drunk is arrested and
pays a fine or goes to the Jail, but the
( beer wagons and the beer sellers who
|every day violate the local ordinance
are never questioned, never interfered
+ with.
The decision Of the Prosecutors As
ssociation to the effect that delivery by
the seller is the place of sale, means
nothing to the Mayor and police of
Bridgeton.
1t is not likely that the legal opin-
ion of the counsel of the State LIQUOR
Dealers Association will interest the
! |authorities trife but it is interesting
to the public, and is here presented.
The Secretary of the State Wholesale
Liquor Dealers Association recently
asked the opinion of ex-Judge Huds-
peth, the associations counsel as to
his construction of the Morris law. In
reply Mr.. Hudspeth gave a written
opinion Of two columns in length, the
gist of which is as follows:
THAT irrespective of the place
where the bargain is made or the order
received, if the seller, by his own
hands or the hands of his servant or
agent carries the liquor to the pur-
chaser and delivers the same outside
of the license district to the purchaser,
at his place. and there receives pay for
1T, the sale is made at the place of de-
Livery, and is made without license
IF an order is taken by an agent
who has authority to bind his princi-
pal by accepting or rejecting such Or
Eders, and the liquor is consigned by
hlm, and by him distributed to the
customers, the sale is complete at the
place of delivery to the buyer.
That in the district where he is
licensed, he can sell upon orders re-
$celved either in the district or from
&outside of the district where he separ-
ates the merchandise and sets it apart
or the purchaser and transmits it to
tne purchaser through the medium of a
common carrier and it makes no diff
Ference thereafter where the collections
are made
n The test of where the sale is made
2is this
n "nere did the dealer relinquish his
3ight to the property, and the disposi-
Lion of the same?
n Where he separates the property
Fno sets it apart for the purchaser, and
eends 1T away for delivery by com
mon carrier, it can readily be seen he
gives up all his right and title to the
PANE upon delivery to the carrier.
Where he separates it and delivers
by his own agent or employee he
pun retains control over it's disposition
until actually delivered to the pur-
haser, and the sale is not complete I'M.
Pill delivery.
j Where he sets the merchandise aside
&or the purchaser and then forwards II
II 0. D., he still retains his right to
ne disposition of his property until it
Is paid for.
~ 80 that where the seller delivers
ne goods, collects the price or ships il
~ y. D. and delivery is made where
~ - Is not licensed, he is selling without
license and without authority"