DocketNumber: Appeal, No. 1514 C.D. 1982
Citation Numbers: 75 Pa. Commw. 538
Judges: Babbieri, Barbieri, Crtjmlish, Doyle
Filed Date: 7/19/1983
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 6/24/2022
Opinion by
Cox Brothers, Inc. (Licensee) appeals here from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County affirming a seven day suspension of its restaurant liquor license. We affirm.
After the issuance of citations and a hearing, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (P.L.C.B.) suspended Licensee’s restaurant liquor license for a period of seven days for serving alcoholic beverages on its licensed premises after 2:00 A.M. in violation of the provisions of Section 406(a) and 493(16) of the Liquor Code. Act of April 12,1951, P.L. 90, as amended, 47 P.S. §§4-406(a) and 4-493(16). Licensee appealed this determination to the court of common pleas, and pursuant to the provisions of Section 471 of the Code, 47 P.S. §4-471, a hearing de novo was
Before this Court, the sole question raised by Licensee is whether or not the court of common pleas abused its discretion by finding the testimony of the P.L.C.B. enforcement officer to be more credible than the testimony of Licensee’s witnesses since (1) the officer testified that he purchased nine drinks during the course of his investigation during the night of August 22, 1981, and the morning of August 22, 1981, and (2) the officer could not remember how much he had paid for the drinks he purchased on Licensee’s premises. Suffice it to say that these factors go ‘to the weight and not the sufficiency of the evidence, and the court of common pleas’ resolution of such issue of credibility will not be disturbed by this .Court on appeal. In re: Omicron Enterprises, 68 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 568, 449 A.2d 857 (1982). Accordingly, we must affirm.
Order
Now, July 19,1988, the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County dated June 11, 1982, dismissing the appeal of Cox Brothers, Inc., is' affirmed.