West 151st Street Liquor Store, Inc. v. State Liquor Authority

Determination of respondent, the State Liquor Authority, confirmed, on the law and on the facts, and the petition dismissed, with $20 costs and disbursements to respondent. The testimony of Louis Alvarez is clear and unequivocal to the effect that he accompanied Ralph Lago, age 14, to petitioner’s liquor store, saw him enter the store empty-handed and then emerge carrying a bottle of wine. The circumstances related by Alvarez were such that if his testimony were believed, the conclusion would be inescapable that Lago actually purchased the wine. The credibility of the witnesses was to be…