Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board v. Abraham

Opinion by

Judge Palladino,

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (Board) appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Cambria County (trial court) which sustained the de *246novo appeal of Margaret Abraham (licensee) thereby-reversing the Board’s ten-day suspension of the licensee’s liquor license. We reverse.

The trial court, after taking testimony, found that on October 2, 1982, while the licensee’s establishment was very crowded, two minors surreptitiously gained entrance to the bar.1 The minors recognized an adult patron and gave him money to purchase a beer and a mixed drink. The adult…