{"id":159,"date":"2012-08-27T20:11:33","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T20:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.formstonecastle.com\/?p=159"},"modified":"2012-08-28T20:09:39","modified_gmt":"2012-08-28T20:09:39","slug":"had-bundle-ran-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.formstonecastle.com\/?p=159","title":{"rendered":"Had Bundle; Ran; Arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"

During my research on the Hoey Family, I found this great series of stories about the youngest child, James Hoey and a saloon keeper on South Chester Street.<\/p>\n

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Don’t run from the police!<\/p><\/div>\n

At first I scratched my head. \u00a0What is going on here? \u00a0Why would he run? Why would they be serving a warrant to Patrick Flaherty for selling beer? \u00a0This was before prohibition, right? \u00a0Then it dawned on me. \u00a0This was published on March 18th. The previous night, March 17th 1912 was St Patrick’s Day and it fell on a Sunday. \u00a0Blue Laws be damned; an Irishman is going to sell beer on St. Patrick’s Day! \u00a0Sure enough, court notice on April 1st, 1912 confirms the charge:<\/p>\n

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And don’t sell\u00a0liquor\u00a0on Sunday, even if its St Patrick’s Day!<\/p><\/div>\n

But that’s not all. \u00a0Check out this amazing follow up:<\/p>\n

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Its great that the jury acquitted Mr Flaherty for this. \u00a0I feel this same frustration in Fells Point now. \u00a0Baltimore City allows very few businesses\u00a0licenses\u00a0to sell alcohol on Sunday. \u00a0Looks as though this is a long standing problem in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During my research on the Hoey Family, I found this great series of stories about the youngest child, James Hoey …<\/p>\n

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