The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-28
Order on j. Edward Murphy
Became Effective Last
Night
FOLLOWED HEARING
BEFORE COMMISS N
Norwich Student T s fed
to Buying Liquor by s title
in a First-Class e ION

| At 10 o'clock last night an order from
the Washington county license commits
sioners revoking the license in operation
| at 3 Merchant street was served on the
proprietor, j. Edward Murphy, by Chief
| of Police Sinclair. The order became eff
| fective at once and to-day the Merchant
street saloon was closed Chairman w.
III. Ward of the commission, who, with
E. B. House of Berlin and Battista Luc-
china of this city, signed the revocation
order, stated to-day that the order was
permanent and that under the law the
license cannot be transferred to anyone.
The decision is the outcome of hearing
in which the saloonkeeper was summoned
to show cause why his license should not
be revokedSas the result of alleged illegal
sales to Norwich university students.
Chief Sinclair called at the saloon just
before closing time and the proprietor
at once complied with the order, which
was framed as follows:
"To j. Edward Murphy, Merchant
street, Barre, Vt:
Whereas, on a complaint made to the
license commissioners of Washington
county, by citizen of the city of Barre,
you were charged with the selling of in
toxicating liquor by the bottle to one
Russell A. Wentworth on the nth day
of November, 1917, and to one Pierce,
whose other name is unknown to the
commissioners; and you were also
charged with selling intoxicating liquor
by the bottle on the Sd day of Noyem-
Der, 1917, to the said r. A. Wentworth,
And whereas, you were duly sum
moned to appear before the said license
and answer to said COM
plaint on the 23d day of November,
"And, in obedience to said summons,
you appeared and were heard.
Now, therefore, we, the license com
do hereby fnd
"That YOU were guilty of the charge
ls set forth in the complaint;
Therefore. your license of the first
lass to sell intoxicating liquor in the
:ity of Barre is hereby revoked for cause.
Done at the city of Barre in the coun
" OF Washington, state of Vermont, this
10Th day of November.
"W. II. Ward,
"E. b. House.
"B. Lucchina.n
So far as is known the order is the
irst of its kind to be used in revoking
license for alleged bottle sales since
he general assembly of 1917 legislated
nut of existence the second class licenses,
Inder which holders were permitted to
ell liquor by the bottle not to be con
umed on the premises. Since May /,
My first and seventh class licenses have
cen operating in Barre. Under the lat
er light wines and beers may be sold in
ottles.
The case against Mr. Murphy had its
40 nh
ell A. Wentworth of Norwich university
nd Salmon Falls, n. H., was picked up
n Pearl street and lodged in a cell at
olice headquarters. On the following
ay. which was Sunday. he is said to
ave made certain statements tending to
barkeeper in the Merchant
rect saloon. When he appeared before
Iagistrate H. W. Scott in municipal
,urt on the following Monday. Went
orth repeated his story and later a bar
eeper in Murphy's employ was arrested
4 a selling charge. The case against
m is pending.
In the afternoon of the same day
'entworth and some of his fellow stu
,nts from Norwich testified in secret
quest conducted before G.. III. Dale of
'aterbury, assistant Judge of Washing
III county w eHLNpttHS Chilli ildL He
,ught three pints of liquor at the saloon
said TO have been corroborated by
her students The hearing in the case
the licensee was heard in the council
amber at city hall Friday. The de-
ndant was represented by Atty. J.
ard Carver. and States Atty. Earle r.
wis appeared for the state. The stu
nts told stories which tailed with the
evious disclosure, while number of
IN who professed to have been on the
sne where one of the sales was alleged
have been made declared under oath
at no such transaction took place. The
fendant and his bartenders. in their
,timony, tended to impeach the stories
d by the Norwich students. The com
ssioners took the testimony under ad-
met Saturday and again Mon
Y. and announced their decision last
Int in the form of the revocation order.