Show by unlicensed drog stores DE hamberis CASE the myton milner assault and battery aase in district dr julius hannberg one of the proprietor etor of smart co a drug store received a hearing on friday before justice noon on a charge of selling liquor without a license mr king appeared for the cita and mr A G sutherland for the defense mr al thompson testified that on the ath of february at about 7 in tho evening in company with his ha entered the drug store and asked dr hannberg for a liala pint of brandy the costor asked him what he wanted it for and be told him to drink in reply tobbia the doctor said 1 I am hardly allowed to fiell it to drink but I 1 will let you have it tie brandy was iben liander over and he paid alie doctor for it freddie moore was the only person in the room the witness when cross examined by mr sutherland that ho biad not stated that the brandy was to be used as medicine or that liis wife was sick on the contrary his wife was quite well dr hannberg had waited upon his wife last fall when she was tick but not ainoo then they hail gone oliero to get the liquor for alie purpose of entering a complaint Mars lial brown had several times asked him to do so the marshal did not mention any par nicular drug store I 1 here was no more talk about drug store than any other he did not expect any nay from marshal brown the marshal had told him that the city would make it a 1 right he had frequently got liquor there before mr thompsons Thomp sons testimony wag cor ro borated by his wife dr hannberg was sworn for the defense he testified that he had been a practicing physician for thirty years for nine years in provo he paid a city chanta license on the even ing of the ath thompson came in with his wife and said he wanted 25 cents worth of brandy for a toddy he told thompson that he only sold liquor fr medicine for his patients thompson said lie wanted to make a sling for his wife who was sick he let thompson have the brandy KB bis thompsons Thomp sons wife looked pale and sick in cross examining mr king asked the doctor if ho would not inquire as to alie nature of tho ailment before lie sold liquor for medicinal purposes to is certain whether or not liquor would be beneficial to this the doctor replied that lie considered that a little drink of liquor was always good in case of a cold he would not let evory one havo liquor however arking if I 1 were to come into your store doctor and tell you eliat I 1 was sick would you let me have liquor ans yes sir freddie moore corroborated corra borated the doctors testimony in the main freddie had not however heard anything said about a elins slins he had heard thompson say it was for medicine geo webb who said he was in the back room when the liquor was sold also corroborated the deckers testimony he was a little muddled about the words toddy and eling mr king stated that he would take the positions in the case farat that the ordinance did not permit drug stores to sell liquor even for medicinal purposes and second that the liquor sold waa not sold for medicinal purposes the case was continued until saturday to giva the attorney sin the case an opportunity to produce authorities it is understood that this case is to be made a case and will be carried to the supreme court of the territory and alie question as to whether drug stores can legally sell liquor for medicinal purposes contrary to the provisions of the ordinances of provo city will ba permanently settled |