In re Wheelin
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
FOR A MANDAMUS TO THE COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS OF FHILADELFHIA COUNTY. No. 000 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct. (E. D.) On April 25, 1890, there was filed in the Supreme Court a petition of Joseph Wheelin, averring that the petitioner, being an applicant for a bottler’s license under the act of May 24, 1887, P. L. 194, and having complied with all the requirements of said act, was unlawfully refused a license by the Court of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia county; praying for…
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FOR A MANDAMUS TO THE COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS OF FHILADELFHIA COUNTY. No. 000 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct. (E. D.) On April 25, 1890, there was filed in the Supreme Court a petition of Joseph Wheelin, averring that the petitioner, being an applicant for a bottler’s license under the act of May 24, 1887, P. L. 194, and having complied with all the requirements of said act, was unlawfully refused a license by the Court of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia county; praying for an alternative writ of mandamus directed to the judges of said court, who heard his application for license, commanding…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Chief Justice Paxson:
The petitioner complains that he was refused a bottler’s license by the court below. It appears by his own showing that a remonstrance was filed against .his application upon the ground that he was not a person of good moral character, to which he filed an answer denying the allegations in the remonstrance ; that, upon the day fixed for a hearing, he did not appear in person, but appeared by counsel, whereupon the court below said: “ The court is of opinion that the petitioner is bound to appear for the purpose of examination concerning the issue raised by the…
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