that ths place is on0 0r ill repute a6 to drunkmmeas, previous oondaot or patrona at auoh place, tha preotlor or Immoral mot8 et suoh plaoe, or that it be8 oonatltutrd e hIghway tmrrio hazsrd. or COWM4, the wsight to be @van auoh ooaaIdaratIone, in determining whether tha appll- cation should be grsntad or Waled, is a mettsr within the proper dlaorotlon of the County Judge. The pl;ce et whioh e llooaare pleua to oonduat his basinoae Is e pxopsr end Qtsn en LoapOrtant oonrldwe- tlon for tha pub110 offIoIela charged with datarrainlung whether the lloenae should ba granted. In the oeaa 0r Ooytlno v. Mooklser, at el., 103 Pea. 174, when an ep- pllostion rap 8 llcrnse for a pool hell had bsen denied 0~ ths ground wthet the place nosed therein ma iooatoa Honorable Bart Ford, page 12
In e pert of the city Inhabited by a olaaa of people whloh vnuld renierr a poolroom, Ii satabllehad therein, a pleas of resort ror dlaordarly eul objeotlonablr parsons, and that a poolroom In said looellty, balng populated by oholoa ati othar people of like or similar oheraoter, would, In the judgmant of the board, tonb to tba dlaturbanoe of the pub110 place, and to render tha preservation of order In said looallty dIffIoult,* tha California Court or Appeal aald: n Conceding that no arbitrary dlaOre~I&'oan ba axarolaed by the board or polio6 commiaaionara in applying tha ordinama in quaatlon, tha raaaona aaaIgnad by the answer for denyInS tha applIOatIon for e license were erectly auoh ea should aotuata a poll08 drpartnunt la danylng a parrnit or 110anar to keep a plaor of emuaa- mant whIoh Is llablo to baoaae thr aoono of disorderly oonduot and dlaturbeaoaa of ths poeoo. . ." speaking 0r a atatuta oonrrrring on e oounty aourt the authority to grent or dany lIOrnaaar pool halls, the MIaaouri Court oi Appeals said in Stata ax ral. YoClenahan v, DsWltt, 142 S. W. 3661
" . . . we brllava the law lodges in the oounty court the dIaoratIonary power to rafuae auoh 1iOanaaa whan In their opinion there ara reeaonable grOUXl8 to apprehend that tha parlon applying IS not a suitable person or thr place is not Suit- able ror tha carrying on or bualnaaa. For Inatanoe, the applicant may be an habitual Jaw breaker or grossly Immoral, or tha plaaa may ba near to a churoh or eahool building, or privet9 dwelling, which would oonatltuta It e nu1aen0a." .
Honorablo Bsrt Ford, page 13
See also State ax ml. Oetkor v. Johnson, 211 s. w. 682 (Mlasourl Court of Appela).
3?. Aa wa have ~~.stated ..~ In our enawer to your aeoond qusatloa under this aubdlviaIon, the Oounty Judge may axrrolaa a raamoneblr dIaoration In datormia- lug whsthar or not tha applicant will probebly oonduot the buaQeaa of aellIng beer In en Illegel manna]:, mad It is our opinion that he Amy proper17 oonaldar ma role- vent @vIdenoa In auoh QsteraIuetIon whathar the per- tloular