Brush v. City of Carbondale

In January, 1902, several suits were begun by the city of Carbondale in justice’s court against James W. Wade, a saloon-keeper, and others engaged in the same occupation, charging them with selling intoxicating liquors within said city without a license. There had been a city election held on September 24, 1901, at which the question of licensing the sale of liquor was in issue, and those who were opposed to the traffic prevailed. An ordinance was passed forbidding the sale of liquor, which took effect December 24, 1901, and the prosecutions were for violations of that ordinance. The…