People ex rel. Deutsch v. Dalton

Eelator applied for the transfer of a salooB liquor license from the premises No. 170 Suffolk street to premises No. 11 Bleecker street; and the application was refused by the excise board upon the ground, solely, that the latter premises were *408upon the same street with, and having entrance within, 200 feet of a building occupied exclusively for church purposes. Laws 1893, c. 480, § 43. The building referred to is that occupied by the Florence Mission, an association devoted to the reformation of fallen women. It does not appear that this mission is organized in connection with any church, and…