Johnson's License
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 16, July T., 1893, by David D. Johnson, from order of Q. S. Fayette Co., March T., 1898, No. 121, refusing distiller’s license. Application for distiller’s license.
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Appeal, No. 16, July T., 1893, by David D. Johnson, from order of Q. S. Fayette Co., March T., 1898, No. 121, refusing distiller’s license. Application for distiller’s license. The petitioner averred: “ That your petitioner is a citizen of the United States, of temperate habits, and good moral character; that he is desirous of obtaining a distiller’s license, authorizing him to manufacture, distill and sell spirituous liquors and admixtures thereof in quantities not less than one gallon, and in such manner as is provided by the laws of this commonwealth, and humbly prays your honorable court…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Green,
This case comes before us on appeal from the order or decree of the lower court refusing to grant a distiller’s license to the appellant. Upon examination of the petition, bond and other papers filed by the appellant, we find that they are in exact accordance with the requirements of the act of ninth June, 1891, under which the application is made. No remonstrance or objection of any kind was filed or made against the granting of the license. The petition asserted that the applicant was a citizen of the United States of temperate habits and of good moral character.…
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