The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-13
OBJECT TO DANCE HALL
OVER TRkFIERpS SALOON
tuiton Saloon License Cases Occupy
Attention OfeIIustfnHs
Court.
MINISTER'S ARE
WITNESSES
Court VIII Hear Seventh Street Gases
To-Morrow-Criminn Docket In Call
To-day.

Tho criminal docket gave way TO
tho contested liquor cases In tho IIust-
ings Court yesterday. and between 10
o'clock In the morning and 6:l0 o'clock
In tho afternoon the court heard tcs-
timony for and asninst the renewal
OF licenses to three saloons on Louis
lana Street. At tho conclusion OF the
days work Judge Richardson took tho
cases under adviscinent, announcing
that to-day Will be devoted to tho
criminal docket.
Tho morning session was devoted to
the cases OF Charles II. Russell and
tito Crcscioli, who conduct saloons.
respectively, at SOL and <l5 Louisiana
Street. Rev II. Frederick Jones and
Rev. j W. Eure. In charge OF churches
IA the Fulton nciGhborhood. were the
principal witnesses for the professionals
objecting to the presence OF tho sa-
looms on tho ground that tho locality
was residential In character and thick
~ populated with women and chill
dren.
In the case of Peter Traneri. which
was heard at the afternoon session.
the protcstants introduced witnesses
who told the court that tho third floor
of the saloon building has been used
for public dances, some OF which have
attracted disreputablc gatherings, Tho
saloon is located IT 2lJ Louisiana
Street.
ZINIMEIi DENIES THAT
DANCES WE'RE: DISREPUTAnLE
Attorneys Harry NJ. Smith and Ben
tainin LoVenstein, counsel FOR Trahcri,
put on the stand Edward J. thinner.
who Indignantly denied the inti-
NATION that the dances held in tho
Il A,,, n
ed by disrcpu;abc persons. Moreover,
he said, the dances were neither pub
&c nor held for the purpose Of MAX
ing money, but were given once or
twice IA week by himself and y. l..
Jucket, az strictly nciShborhoOd af-
fairs, TO which only acquaintHnccs
were admitted. 4 nominal dancing
fee. he said, was collected on the Goor
to pay the lighting and cleaning cx-
pcnsep.
Peter Tr1ncri. owner Of tho saloon.
told tho court that he received no
proft, either direct or indirect. from the
holding Of tho dances. and that the two
doors that Civ. entrance from the hall
10 tho saloon on the nrst iioor were al
ways kept ocked. when notified By
the police that he was committing an
!rnpropricty In permitting the dances
over his saloon ha said he declined
to permit the further u.c OF the hall
LOT iItt purpose
Attorney fsaac pggr, tor the pro-
toAtnnts summing UP the testimony
against the Aaloon, Impressed upon tho
court tho fact that The holding OF
dances In the saloon building was
violation OF The letter or the ordinance
which prohibits such performances In
connection with saloons He did not
press the point that Mr.. T!aficri was
guilty of consciously violating tho law.
but thought that the irrcgularity
should receive duo weight with the
other objections brought against HE
renewal ~ license to ;hn applicant
COUNT WILL HEAR SEVENTH
STREET CASES TO-MORRoW
Attorney Harry NJ. Smith quoted the
Language OF the city ordinance, no
Reasonable Interpretation Of which, lie
sand. could hc rnndc TO apply 10 Mr..
Trancrrs snse. There Was an absolute
separation. he said. between the sa-
loon and the dance hall. and they could
not To- held as having been operated
jointly for mutual profit The dances.
hc pointed out. were private In their
nature. and the daucc-s could not COM
municatc With the bar except by de
hcend!ng two Nights OF stairs and en-
tcring The saloon from the outside.
The court viii heHn tomorrow
morning 1T 10 o'clock IT'S Investigation
into tho applications Tor liquor license
renewals On seventh street between
Broad and Marshall streets Four cs-
Establishments arc ancCtcd-thc Miller
Liquor Company. Henry ~ Kramer,
I:aldacci 6 Giilio and Peter Boliui. The
chief protestants are citizens OF High
land Park who object to the presence
Of the saloons near the Seventh and
Broad Hreets transfer point, whore
residents of this suburb wait for the
Highland Park cars.