Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-28

town council and the town clerk. The 1 citation was issued by the clerk of the
 supreme court and directed to the | sheriff or deputies, and reads as fol- | lows:
 You are hereby required to notify | William L.. Clarke, Albert H. Lang worthy, c. Clarence Maxson, Wayland
 A. Saunders. William Culley Maurice | w. Flynn, Charles B. Thomas, who
 comprise the town council of the town | of Westerly in the county of Wash
 lnSton, in the state of Rhode Island, | and Everett s. Whipple, who is the
 town clerk of said town of Westerly, ] Of the filing in the office of the clerk l of the supreme court of petition by Herbert A. Rice, attorney general of said state, at the relation of Harvey (. Perry, a citizen and taxpayer of said town, and for and in behalf of the inhabitants thereof, praying that a writ of certiorari may issue out of
 the supreme court to be directed to the
 members of the town council and clerk commanding them to certify their rec ords relative to and the ballots cast at an election held in Westerly on the fifth day of November, 1912, including all ballots cast in said election on the question of granting licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors in said
 town, to this court; and further pray
 Ing that the action of the town coun- ell relative to the counting of said bal
 lots be quashed and the result of said
 election in regard to the granting of licenses for the sale of intoxicating
 liquors in Westerly, may be deter
 mined by the supreme court, at Prov
 1denca, on the second day of Decem- Der. 1912, at 10 o'clock a. n1., and that
 they may then and there show cause If any they have why the prayer of said petition should not be granted" This citation is for the hearing on
 the petition for the writ of certiorari, that is, whether such writ shall be issued. and therefore is not of legal force sufficient to interfere with the granting of licenses at the specified | time as the petition may or may not
 De granted. Even should the petition
 De granted and writ issued, the matter
 or license or no-license would not then De determined. It is therefore prob- abia that liquor licenses will be grant
 ed at the meeting of the town coun- cll on Friday and at the meeting prob
 Ebly a committee of the council will
 De appointed to accompany Town So- 1 llcltor Harry B. Agard to Providence
 Monday, to represent the town counoil at the hearing on the petition. If it is shown to the court at that time that there were alleged defective ballots counted in favor of license that should have been rejected. and if so rejected would change the result of the an- nounced vote on the liquor license question the writ will be probably is- sued. Then the ballots and certifica- tion of the town council will be given consideration by the court. But in the opinion of an attorney, until that point in the case be reached, and the result determined, the matter of lia- uor licenses will proceed as if no peti
 ton was presented or writ granted.
 When the petition is in court. the councilmen and the clerk of the court Will be the respondents, and be repre- sented by Town Solicitor Harry B. Agard. Ex-Judge Mumford of the superior court will also enter in that slde of the case-representing parties Interested in the issuance of liuuor licenses. The writ was brought bv Attorney Samuel Davis, representing Harvey c. Perry, and he will be as- sisted by ex-District Attorney Green ough.