Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-05-01
ssvsa Contested Applications VIII
,bs Held by Court Tomorrow
ila'a|Ng.
JUDGE BARHAM STATES POSITION
Law Prcscrihcs Manner in Which IL.
encea Shall he Granted, and coun.
ellis Request Cannot be Complied
With city ecto over Twenty
Thousand Dollars From Saloons.

FOIty- clgnt liquor licenses wcrn
GRANTED by judge liarhani in the uCr .
ioratiun Court yesterday.
There were 56 applications, but one
OF these, that OF a. ttcisllcld, Zoo lei
ferson avenue. was Withdrawn. and
seven were held up and will be nnal .
~ PASSED upon after hearing OF tho
applications before Judge Darham to-
morrow morning. The licenses hcir
mp were: Phil Brown, Inc. A. II. Law
son, manager, Hampton and Jcficr-
son avenues; Georgia Liquor Com
many Inc, 2il6 Huntington avenue;
Theodore Anas. Inc, 24ou WashineIoh
avenue: IL. l.. Coplan. 2lOl jefferson
avenue; Harry Wcsincoit. Warwick
avenue anu Twenty fifth stree;
George w. Iloggc. 22li Warwick ave
nuc, and A. H. Swamic, 3i0G Hume.
inGton avenue. These saloons were
closed at 1890 O'Clock Inst night arr;
they cannot again open until the Ii
conscs arc granted
Last wear a licenses were granted.
the aggregate OF the revenue derived
by the city from the licenses being
about $4,000. The total revenue for
the city from The As licenses granted
yesterday was $4,000.
When court convened at 10 o'clock
yesterday morning, tho court room
was well filled with the liquor men
and their attorneys. On ascending Ia
tho bench Judge l'arham made
short address to the liquor men, out
lining his policy in granting liquor
licenses.
Judge Barham's Petition.
The Judge called attention To the
fact that the city council had formally
petltIoned him to limit the numher OF
the saloons OF Newport News 10 80
i,r6yidcl he could consistently do so.
He said there was absolutely no i'm
.,proprlcty on the part OF tho council
In making this petition, for either the
council or any number of citizens had
i the right to make such petition
However. the Judge doubted his rlgh,
to grant the request He said that
the liquor business was Il licensed. lc
gal business. authorized by the state
and the city. and for that reason he
dld not believe that it would be prop
CT for the court to arbitrarily rule tina.
the saloons should DO limited To Il
certain number. He said. however.
that so FAR as he could with Justice to
all concerned respect the request Of
the council.
Personally the judge declared. he
N m 1tn,,np t,s, "a nd
II II were In his jurisdiction he woulo
wipe II out altogether. However. su
long as people believed It was ncces-
sary for them to drink liquor and tho
state licensed tho traffic 1t was not
within the Jurisdiction OF the court
TO arbitrarily say this man shall sc.i
and this man shall not, 40 long as M
and the applicants stand on All equal
ity III the eyes of the court.
No "straw' Bond.
Tho judge also said that there would
he no STRAW bonds taken. that tho
bond of $500 each liquor dealer Is re-
quircd to give must mean something
and that during the coming year all
ponuSlncH VIII NJ heiu rlEHiy i"pie
both scveraly and Jointly for viola
tions Of tho law on the part of 'h'
dealer.
Judge Barham first considered tho
non-conicsted licenses. granting 40 NJ
these al the morning session. Eght
others were granted In the afternoon,
The licenses granted were as foi-
lows:
Alright & RocchicciolI. $500 Hunt
ington avenue.
s J.. Rovd 94la Warwick nycnmc.