Hide Article Text (OCR)
v ■ jj £5 noAmmons Fined $25 for i i:Beer Sale to Officers ;i reportsSderaJUStlmorethe tchartTher ppini go ©’ThwiatnhttiI The following appeared in the * actior Southwest American. Wednesdayt guideymorning: 'jofthiBentonville.—Alter a hear ing Tues* jj in chiI*day morning at the Benton county | court courthouse, before Justice of the Peace ^bitter ; F. P. Galbreaith, Bennie F. Ammons. \ drawii. * P* who lives a mile west of Gently, was • actioi ' fined S25 and costs on a charge of sell- j muching beer Without a license. Ammons j Ubers : formerly operated a dance hall and ? its la . beer parlor but the dance hall was * closed-by Chancellor Lee Seamster a . i month, ago and on May 24 Revenue Commissioner D. L. Ford revoked his conuiI beer license. 1i i Dan Allen of Fayettevilie. member j opini | : of the state police force, testified that* he and Carroll Durham of Mena, also ( : a member of the state police, visitedII the place Saturday, that Durham pur-’ j chased a bottle of beer from the young r: son of Ammons, and that Ammons 1 j and his wife admitted selling beer r lpince the revocation of his license. Al- He * . hen testified further that the refriger- j0niy 3 I ator was full of cold beer and that I jmpe t 1 Ammons was not brought to jail nor 1 ! forced to make bond because he! agreed to be in Bentonville Tuesday to | plead guilty to the charge. Ammons and Mrs. Ammons denied selling any beer, except the one bottle sold by the boy without their knowledge, but said that the stock of beer had been retained. and a large quantity kept cold in the refrigerator since the license * ! was revoked, because they hoped toget the order of chancery court closing the place amended or to file an appeal, and because they did not know how to dispose of the beer on hand, j Roy Lee Ammons, nine years old,| told of selling the one bottle of beer and said the purchaser gave- him a nickel extra, but said that his. parents luidWqt sold any beer. Attorney Tom Williams, of Siluain Springs, testified that Ammons had consulted him about an appeal from the order closing his place and had telephoned Mrs, Ammons from his office mu to sell any beer nor permit dancing, and that a petition had been filed on June asking for a modification df the closingorder.Notice of an appeal from the verdi.u of Justice Galbreaith was given.Lsun of t is i donpasbill:hon•Ve fa till!
Newspaper Details
Journal Advance
Gentry, Arkansas, US
Thu, Jun 24, 1937
Page 3
Full Page
Clipped by
Anonymous
USA 05 May 2020
Other Publications Near Gentry, Arkansas
Journal
Journal Advance
