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STAGECRAFTERS CLUB v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Nos. 1187, 1188.

89 A.2d 876 (1952)

STAGECRAFTERS CLUB, Inc. v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. ELLISTON et al. v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Municipal Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided June 17, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Laughlin and Albert J. Ahern, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Edward A. Beard, Assistant Corporation Counsel, Washington, D. C., with whom Vernon E. West, Corporation Counsel, and Chester H. Gray, Principal Assistant Corporation Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.

CAYTON, Chief Judge.

After a trial by jury three defendants were convicted on four counts of keeping for sale and selling alcoholic beverages without a license in violation of D.C.Code, 1940, § 25-109. Defendant Stagecrafters Club was a corporation organized as a nonprofit social club operating an "after-hours bottle club", the facilities of which were available only to members and their guests. Typical of these clubs is the fact that a member provides his own...

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