Damiano v. Burge

The question here is plaintiff’s eligibility for an employee’s liquor license from the Kansas City, Missouri Department of Liquor Control. The facts and the legal issues have been fully stipulated by the parties.

In 1938, plaintiff was indicted by a federal grand jury on several counts. Plaintiff pleaded guilty on Count I, which alleged a conspiracy to violate federal tax laws involving the sale and manufacture of intoxicating liquors. Pursuant to plaintiff’s plea, he was found guilty and was sentenced to a reformatory for one year and a day.

Thereafter, plaintiff was inducted into the United…