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Show TECHNICALLY GUILTY. E. S. Bines Fined the Sum of $10.00 for Selling- Alcohol in His Drug Store. Shortly after 4 o'clock yesteraay afternoon R, S. Hines appeared before Justice Wedgwood and pleaded guilty to the charge of selling alcohol in his drug store without having previously tnken out a license permitting him so to do. The complaint was sworn to by Policeman Buckley and G. H. Roberts, the man to whom the half pint of alcohol was sold, was present in court. E. E. Corfman represented Mr. Hines and J. W. N. Whitecottou represented the people of Provo. .. .Mr. Hines staved to the court that he had no remembrance of the sale, but that if his honor, or the marshal, or the policeman, or any one else,, had come into his drug store and asked him for liquor of any kind he would have sold it without hesitating, believing believ-ing that he was doing a perfectly legeti-mate legeti-mate act. When he sold the alcohol, or any liquor, in his drug store he did it with no intent whatever of violating violat-ing an ordinance of the city. He held a retail liquor license pe-mitting him to sell in his saloon, separated from liis drug store only bv a short hallway. The attention of previous marshals, policemen and prosecuting attorneys had been called to the matter and while they all admitted that his practice prac-tice of selling liquor at retail in the drug store was a technical violation of the license ordinance, yet it was so technical they did not care to prosecute prose-cute it, and he had continued his practice unmolested for years. When he was informed by the present officers that he must cease, he removed all ot bis liquors to the s doon and would kee,p them there in the future, and Mr. Hines assured the judge that he would not violate this nor any other ordinance ordin-ance again. Prosecuting Attorney Whitecotton stated that he believed all that Mr. Hines had said was absolutely true, and that it was not the purpose of the citv to be vindictiye. All that is wanted by the city is that its ordin-aaces ordin-aaces be respected. In view of all the circumstances be recommended a light sentence, not merely nominal, but sufficiently suf-ficiently light so as not to be oppressive. oppres-sive. .The judge said that in bis opinion these'offenses should be severely punished pun-ished as the sale of intoxicants must be strictly regulated, yet in view of all the mitigating circumstances that had been set forth and which were undisputed undis-puted by the prosecution, he felt that a fine of $10 00 would answer all purposes, and imposed that fine, The object of the complaint, so says Marshal Knight, is not yet reached. He thinks that it now becomes be-comes necessary to determine whether or no Mr. Hines has the right to buy liquor in the saloon for his drug etore customers and deliver the goods in the drug store, and in all likelihood an other case a test case will be brought. |