Reed's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Washington county : Of October Term, 1886, No. 187. Certiorari to said court to bring up the record in case appealed: Of October Term, 1886, No. 150. The following are the facts of the ease as they appeared on the hearing before the court, Hart, P. J. On April 27th, 1886, Julius B. Clark filed the following petition, verified by his affidavit: . The petition of Julius B. Clark respectfully represents: That he is a…
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Appeal from the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Washington county : Of October Term, 1886, No. 187. Certiorari to said court to bring up the record in case appealed: Of October Term, 1886, No. 150. The following are the facts of the ease as they appeared on the hearing before the court, Hart, P. J. On April 27th, 1886, Julius B. Clark filed the following petition, verified by his affidavit: . The petition of Julius B. Clark respectfully represents: That he is a citizen of the United States, of temperate habits and good moral character; that it is necessary for the accommodation of…
1Opinion of the Court
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2Per curiam
— It is probable that the framer of the Act of the 20th of February, 1867, intended thereby to prevent altogether the granting of licenses to sell intoxicating liquors by *463the quart in the county of Washington, but if so, he made a serious mistake, for the statute, as framed, is wholly nugatory. The Act of 1856 had already deprived the treasurer of the power to grant such licenses, and had vested it in the Quarter Sessions, so that the Act of 1867 had nothing on which to operate, and was, therefore, as we have said, of no validity.
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3Cited by7 opinions
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