Adler v. Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control

STONE, J. pro tem.*

This is an appeal by Sidney Adler, the licensee, from a judgment of the Superior Court of Alameda County denying his petition for a writ of mandate to set aside a decision of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control revoking his license.

The appellant is the operator of The Rose Room, a taxi-dance establishment in Oakland, for which he obtained an on-sale beer license in January of 1954. On January 17, 1956, an accusation in two counts was filed by the department. Count I charged that the licensed premises were used as a disorderly house; Count II charged that the…