Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-01-21

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the lookup. The liquor interests are in
favor of Duffy"
David Martin testified that Duffy
said to him: eff 1 get the license 1 can
sell out in one year for $4,000 and re-
tire for life on easy street.
Mr.. Duffy went on the stand and adj
mitted that he would be a fool If he did
not sell out, if he received a good offer.
Attorney Leap asked John Mills if it
would be conducive to the welfare of
Pennsgrove if the license was granted.
Attorney Davis objected to the ques-
ton. He stated that the license appli-
cation should be considered aside from
the moral question. The Legislature
has decided that it was legal to sell
liquor and the moral phase of the ques-
ton should not be brought before the
court.
Judge Waddington agreed with
Davis and said the question before the
court was the necessity and of Duf'y's
fitness.
The question was allowed in another
form.
"Do you think it is necessary for the
community?
''That Is for the community to de-
eide. l do not know that most of the
people are opposed to it."
Councilman Albert F. Naylor testi-
fled that the Borough Council had
unanimously gone on record as being
opposed to the application being grant
ed. He had been in Duffy's store on
Sundays and that Duffy used profane
language on the least p%rovocation.
81 am opposed to the application.
The borough does not need it. We are
along well since the license
was revoked and the sale of liquors
has been stopped"
Joseph s. Flanagan, assistant cashier,
of Pennsgrove, testified that he did not
think the town needed the licensing of
place to sell liquors.
Notwithstanding all the testimony
opposed to the granting of licenses,
Judge Edward G. Waddington granted
application of John X. Duffy to
sell liquors at wholesale by the quart
Or more, at 1l8 South Broad street, for
fee of 81 900.
EDITOR SUMMERILL QUOTES LAW
The inn and tavern law of l846, Sec.
reads:
at shall be the duty of, and it is
hereby expressly enjoined upon, the
said court, to license no more inns and
.%ayerns, in their respective counties,
han shall be necessary to accommo-
late aud entertain travellers and
strangers to serve the public occasion
II the said counties, and for the con-
,enience of mems meeting together
% transact business; and to prevent,
Is much as possible, inns and taverns
o be kept for the encouragement of
tipping, drunkenness and
'ther vices"
Turn to the law on vice and immor-
and find that a person "convicted
II swearing or cursing shall pay 81. 90
or each offense to the poor fund. Fail
ire to do so he shall be committed to
all not ex eeeding four days."
Turn to your law on crimes and read:
eff any person shall wilfully bias
'heme the holy name of God, by deny
ng, cursing or contumeliously re-
'roaching His being or providence, or
" cursing or contumeliously reproach-
ng Jesus Christ, or the Holy Ghost, or
he Christian religion, or the holy word
# God books of the Old and New
'estament) or by %profanely soothing at
II exposing at or exposing them, or
ny OF them, to contempt and ridicule,
hen every person so offending shall,
n conviction thereof, be punished by
fine, not exceeding two hundred
or Imprisonment at hard labor.
Iot exceeding twelve months, or both
It the discretion of the COURT
Since the judge of the Salem county
curt does not seem to know this law.
he editor of the Pennsgrove Record