18 A.D.2d 919 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1963
Proceeding under article 78 of the Civil Practice Act to annul a determination of the respondent State Liquor Authority, made May 15, 1962 after hearings, which suspended petitioner’s restaurant liquor license for a period of 30 days, prohibited traffic by petitioner in alcoholic beverages for a period of 10 days, beginning June 18, 1962 and, conditionally, deferred execution of the penalty for the balance of the 30-day period. By an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, made July 12, 1962, pursuant to statute (Civ. Prae. Act, § 1296), the proceeding has been transferred to this court for disposition. Determination confirmed, without costs. The suspension was based on a finding that petitioner “sold, delivered or gave away or permitted liquor and/or wine to be sold, delivered or given away for consumption off the premises”, in violation of subdivision 3 of section 106 of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law. In ora opinion, the respondent properly concluded that petitioner had violated the statute. In reaching its determination, respondent found that two perfidious members of petitioner’s personnel had given away the liquor involved. One of such personnel was the secretary-treasurer of the corporate petitioner; he was also a corporate director and the manager of the premises. It was he who assumed to execute the transaction