Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-12-19
SALOON LICENSES REVOKED
Henshsw, Rome and Windsor Bars
Closed by Police Board.
ACTION FOLLOWS COURT DECISION
Judge Redick Denies Injunction and
Commission shuJs Up Saloons
Chief DOnRaue Called
Before Governor.

Sitting as a license board Saturday after
noon. Mayor DahlnAn and Police Com
nlssioners Hunter and WRppich revoked
the saloon licenses OF Rome Miller, 7. J.
O'Bren, Lentz & Williams and Louis
Rentfrow, as consequence Of Judge
Redick's decision
Tho revocation is TO be enforced at
once" according TO The resolution adopted,
which further provides that the chief Of
police Is at once TO proceed 10 notify the
parties concerned. The chief said he would
at once serve the notice 20 close and this
was done
Miuer's license was for the bar IN Hotel
Rome O'Brlen's for Hotel Henshaw. Rent
frow's for the Windsor hotel. on Tenth
street, and Lentz & Williams for laos Far
nam street
Before the resolution for revocation was
offered Mayor Dahsn1an said an parties
had agreed that the decision in one case
should govern in all The board had al
that time expressed it's determination tc
act Immediately on the courts decision
being rendered, and was now prepared tC
DO SO.
.As men Of honor. we have but one
course to pursue" said Commissioner Wap
pich, and Commissioners Hunter agreed
Thereupon Commissioner Wappich Offered
the formal resolution and IL prevailed by
the votes Of the three members Of thl
board present
Commissioners Hoye and Karbach weri
detained from the special meeting by bust
ness ia is understood
Redfek Denies Injunction.
Judge Rediek handed down his decision
in the morning, dissolving the orae
4 previously issued 70 restrain the pelio
board and denying new order that woul,
| prevent the board from taking action
Briefly stated Judge Redick's decision Il
as follows:
The only question involved is that Of tn
I Jurisdiction Of the police court and this OF
tbs point that the statute orders penaltie
! greater than the amount provided for tn
/ police court 10 impose, OF the sum OF s10J
II is argued by attorneys for the de
4 fendant that revocation Of the license
which is ordered 10 ensus. is 3 penalt1
and is punishment additional to the fin
Of 500
Judge Redick declared that the polio
court does not revoke the license and tina
the license is not revoked until the boar
acts
] Furthermore" said the court, 1t wa
not the intention Of the legislature to re
! woke the license s. part OF the penalty an
punishment but as a measure Of protec
ton to the public in the future"
Court Reads Decision.
Judge Redick read from a written d
eision in announcing his decision. In ad
dition 10 the points stated he referred I
the arguments OF the defendants tina
the supreme court and other courts nav
frequently used the word penalty
q coIloqViAl sense and implied that II
consequences Of a conviction are part {
the penalty OF punishment thereto
This is not. nevertheless" said n
court AN exact and precise use of n
word and the consequences are not nece
sarily the legal penalty which the con
may impose. The actual penalty which n
police court does and did impose in thei
particular cases vas the fine Of 500"
While the c. NJ. Lsntz case vas the OF
really argued before Judge Redick his ~
ing WAS on the Rome Miller case. for IN
fConriuued on Second Pare