The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-26

10 DrtnR into the city any liquors on
permit from the County Auditor
without exhibiting to such official a
permit from the Comptroller. In no
event shall the incoming shipment
with that on hand, exceed the amount
allowed each druggist
The City Comptroller TO assign
each druggist number, and prepare
and keep an index showing all data
relating to that particular druggist.
Must Go To Chief.
Any druggist convicted under this
ordinance to be refused additional
permits by the Comptroller for a
period OF six months after such COLI
viction.
No druggist to sell alcohol for me-
chanical or chemical purposes except
on permits issued by the Chief OF
Police. such permit to he filed with
the physicians prescriptions required
TO be kept by him. If any person Is
aggrieved over the refusal of the
/ Chief of Police IT, issue a permit for
| alcohol, appeal may be made to the
Mayor, his decision TO be final.
Make 1t unlawful<for any person to
purchase lntoxicants in any other
manner than that provided for in the
State law and the city ordinance.
Make it unlaw for any person to
AdtiS ilUubG IANO a EaIc OF OtnGF pu D.
lie place for consumption therein
People cannot or viii not under
stand that the only place where IL
quor can be given away is in the
home to gtAest," said Lundin. The
man who invites a friend To step into
an alley or his private office. or {.
restaurant. and slips him one Is
guilty of misdemeanor. No drink
ing is permitted In public places The
act makes ii unlawful for any person
10 give away, except at home, any
liquor, or to transport it. and carry
ing II on the hip seems 70 all in
tents and purposes transporting with
in the meaning of the law"
VIII Rip En- Out.
rip 'em up and tear out every
thing you find" will he the irstruc-
tons hereafter given officers Who raid
alleged fake drug stores or other
places where it is alleged liquor Is
being sold unlawfuly. Lundin has
announced. He was visibly perturbed
over the refusal Of Judge J. T. Rom
aid In Superior Court TO instruct the
sheriff to remove the fixtures from
the James Street pharmacy.
I'll beat them to it after this. you
can bet. and they'll have no chance to
get to court for a restraining order"
asserted the prosecutor. Every raj l.
ing officer will be given positive in
structions to tear out and remove
everything they find and I'll make it
my business to see that it is done.
Judge Ronald was clearly in error.
We have proof that the law was vio-
lated and that pharmacy and the law
gives us the authority to seize and
remove the fixtures as well as the
liquor"
Judge Ronald position was that he
did not believe tne"1aw contemplated
the removal Of furniture and fixtures
on the preliminary authority vested
in n search warrant before il had
been Judicially determined that there
had been an offense committed, He
therefore directed the sheriff to seize
and hold the fixtures OF the soft-drink
department of the pharmacy. but not
to interfere with the drug store.
Although he said he has other raids
and prosecutions of both the alleged
fake and the so-called legitimate
pharmacies in contemplation. Prose-
cutor Lundin this morning turned ;or
the time his attention to physicians
who he believes write prescriptions
without good reason to believe the
applicant is actually sick and in &C
tual need of liquor as a medicine.
Doctors Violating Law.
These doctors are violating the
law" declared Lundin. "as much as
are the druggists who sell liquor
without prescriptions. The enormous
quantities of liquor shipped to drug
gists during the last three months is
proof that something is more than
wrong. The condition is intolerable.
l am told by reputable registered
pharmacists that the largest pres"rip-
. s.z
leeitimately sell more than one-half
barrel of whiskey in 4 year, and then
just think of the large stocks we have
seized
II hold some Of the licensed physi-
clans largely responsible for this state
of affairs The maladies of the So
called patients entered on the pre-
sciiptions We have seized are ridicu
lous. One physician. whose name is
familiar all over the city, ordered
twenty-four quarts OF beer to cure
headache: another. one quart of whis-
key for a wet, dripping cold: others
directed that whiskey ard beer be
taken as directed or a dose in the
~ morning. at noon and before retlr-
ing while our old friends shake well
before taking and reduce doses
gradually received much attention.
One physician prescribed whiskev for
external use only
The subterfuges are so apparent
that they convict the makers, What
a stonishes me is the character of ply
sicians who have apparently lent
their names to such a practice. This
office is going after them hard"
1T matters not to me how many
defendants are acquitted by juries."
said Police Chief Rockingham. THE
police have been instructed to play
no favorites. in gathering in the law
breakers. We will have the satisfac-
ton at least of putting them to plenty
Of trouble and expense. and Incl
dentally give the lawyers something
to do. I imagine profits will be ma
terially reduced"
SUNDAY SCHOOL BODY