Peters v. Sisson

At the biennial town meeting held with the general election November 6, 1917, the questions specified in section 13 of the Liquor Tax Law were submitted to the electors of the town of New Hartford, Oneida county, N. Y. The vote thereon was as follows: Question No. 1, Yes, 520, No, 633; Question No. 2, Yes, 519, No, 570; Question No. 3, Yes, 591, No, 555; Question No. 4, Yes, 542, No, 611.

If the decision, as expressed by the electors in said figures, remains, no liquor will be sold in the town after October 1, 1918, except by a pharmacist on a physician’s prescription. The petitioner (a hotel…