Potter v. New York State Liquor Authority

Determination unanimously modified on the facts and as a matter of discretion by reducing the punishment to a letter of warning, and as so modified, confirmed, without costs. Memorandum: From the evidence the Commissioner could conclude that the licensee’s husband, Fred, for a period of one or two years before he married her and immediately prior to the filing of charges by respondent against the licensee, conducted himself as her partner in the operation of the restaurant and tavern under her license. Nevertheless, the evidence further shows that the licensee had been having difficulty…