Carter v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

This is an appeal by Joseph C. Carter trading and doing business as the Dutch Kitchen (Licensee or Dutch Kitchen), from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of York County affirming a decision of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) suspending the Licensee’s liquor license for ten days for serving liquor to a minor. We affirm.

The minor, a 16 year old girl, entered the bar with some friends on the evening of October 3, 1980. According to her testimony she stayed at the Dutch Kitchen, drinking, until about 12:45 when she was asked to leave after she could not…