The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-03-03
Barry Hotel Contest Resumed,


Moorestown
| George Wurst was the first witnes
He is farmer living near Moorestowl
Knows Barry's hotel and frequented tt
place sometimes once week, twice
week, once a month. Generally thel
In the day time. Never more than ono
or twice Saturday night; never saw any
thing out of the way.
Michael Ryan went to the hotel gene
ally twice month, principally Saturda
nights. He was sure he was there o
Saturday, January 18th, when he wen
to see friend. He knew a man by tn
name of AIcKeown, and did not remem
Der seeing him or any one else drum
''as he saw it, He was asked "wha
do you mean by drunk as you saw it,?
and he replied mot visibly under tn
influence of liquor. Never saw Nc
keown in the hotel that way. Did no
remember whether he had or had no
seen anyone refused liquor there.
Dennis Ryan never saw any drunken
ness in the hotel or street in front of tn
hotel. He was often there SATURDAY
nights. Had seen McKeown there ant
had seen persons refused liquor, but die
not know why. He remembered on,
man, whose name he could not tell, VIII,
was under the influence of liquor. H,
saw James Barr, of Camden, under the
influence of liquor, but he had come il
that way. He had been under the in
fiuence of liquor himself in the bar room
Martin Duggan boarded at the hote
several years ago, but had not beer
there much lately. He knew John
Laverty, but did not know him as one
OF confirmed, incorporate habits. Knows
William McElwee, but does not know
anything about his habits. Knows
James O'Brien, who was always sober
when witness saw him, but had not seen
him more than two or three times in
the last five years. He knew Frank
Seaman. Had not seen him for two
years, but from what he had heard OF
him he considered him of confirmed,
incorporate habits, and he said the same
thing of Frank Bishop.
Frank Shreve goes to the hotel day
and night frequently, and stays five OF
ten minutes at a time, not long enough
to notice anything particular He had
seen men under the influence of liquor
loating around the room, but never saw
them drink.
Albert Roberts has known Laverty
ten years, and employed him the last
two years. Never saw him drunk, and
never heard him spoken of as a man of
confirmed incorporate habits.
Theodore Sausselin knows Frank
Seaman. Has known him since the 5th
of May last. Seaman has been working
for Sausselin at the latter's brick ward.
Never saw him drunk, but had heard
him frequently spoken of as being drunk.
Charles Slimm generally goes to
Barry's hotel Saturday evenings Never
there after nine o'clock. Had seen people
go in under the influence of liquor, and
had seen them refused drinks. People
might have got drunk there but he
never stayed long enough to see it. He
was never refused liquor himself.
William Copeland had never seen any
disorder at the hotel, and he frequently
went in on Saturday evenings. Had
seen ON one occasion a marty, rafneod
drink, and the man could walk and that
was about all. Did not know who he
was. Had seen drunken men in the bar
room, talking with others. Frank Bishop
was one of them, Frank Seaman another
Had seen Seaman served when drunk
never saw him refused.
Clarence Ward, a constable and special
officer, is often in the hotel Saturday
nights, looking around. Had been in
there three or four times within the last
six months. He had never seen any
drunkenness or disorder.
John Duggan knew several of the men
who had been spoken of as men of con-
firmed, incorporate habits. Had heard
their habits discussed many times, but
was not acquainted with all those men
toned. Those that he did know were
men of confirmed incorporate habits.
Charles Robinson had been in the
hotel frequently in the evenings and had
seen men under the influence of liquor.
Had seen Seaman, Willis, Bishop and
Charles Goodenough there more than
once. They had been served liquor while
they were under its influence He never
saw them refused when in that condi-
ton.
Mark Gauntt never saw anything out
of the way there. Was there on one
Saturday evening, and had his son, a
boy of fifteen, with him. This is case
where the complainants had introduced
testimony to show that this man Gauntt
with two boys under age had been served
liquor, but at this examination the COM
plainants were not allowed to 90 into
these facts because the defendant had
not opened the way for cross examina-
ton on that point.
William Gallagher, Jr,, there every
Saturday night and stayed two or three
hours. Never saw anyone refused liquor;
never saw anyone ordered out, and never
saw any occasion for either of these
things happening as the place was con-
Quoted in very orderly manner.
William McElwee, Jr., thought the
hotel was conducted in a very orderly
manner. He had seen his father buy
drinks there, but was not under the in
fluence of liquor when he bought them,
but it was a common occurrence for his
father to come home drunk day and
night.
COLES HOTEL CASE.
The case against Halleran & Com
pany's hotel, better known as Coles
hotel, Moorestown, was taken up on
Friday morning. The same lawyers APP
peared on both sides as in the case for
revocation of the West End hotel license.
Dennis Henry, of Mount Laurel, a
farm hand, said he visited Coles hotel
occasionally, but has not been under the
influence of liquor while there.
Thomas Brown, of Fellowship, said he
had been at the hotel upon number o.
occasions and always drank beer. Early
one Sunday morning he was arrested on
a charge of being drunk, which witnes,
said was mistake, as he was not intoxi
Gated. He had had few drinks of bee