Portuguese-American Independent Social Club v. Costello

This is a petition for a writ of certiorari, directed to the respondents as members of the state division of intoxicating beverages. It is brought by the petitioner to quash the record of a decision by the respondent division which sustained a ruling by the bureau of police and fire of the city of Providence, denying the petitioner’s application for a class D liquor license under the provisions of chapter 2013, public laws 1933, as amended. The respondent division, in response to the writ, has made a return of the proceedings before it and the records in question are now before us.

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