Carver House, Inc. Liquor License Case

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Roberts,

On August 3, 1967, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board [Board] cited appellant, a restaurant liquor licensee in Philadelphia, for violations of the Liquor Code. An evidentiary hearing was held, at which it was affirmatively established that one of appellant’s employees had, on two occasions, sold narcotics on the licensed premises. On the basis of this factual finding, appellant’s liquor license was revoked.

Carver House appealed that order to the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. Act of April 12, 1951, P.L. 90, art. IV, as amended, 47 P.g. §4-471 (Supp.…