Garfield Co OK - Petition and Restraining Order - Legler & Davis 

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DISTRICT COURT GARFIELD COUNTY, OK
The State of Okla, ex rel
Dan MITCHELL, County Attorney of Garfield County
Plaintiffs,
VS
Maxine LEGLER and William DAVIS
Defendants,
PETITION and RESTRAINING ORDER: No. 10755
FILED: Feb 4, 1929
PETITION STATES: That the following described premises, to-wit; the upstairs
of the building known as 117 1/2 West Main Street, Enid, Oklahoma, and occupied
by one Maxine LEGLER and one William DAVIS, at this time and for a period of 
several weeks immediately prior to this date has been used as a place of public 
resort and a place where malt, fermented and spirituous liqours are and have been 
used, sold, given away and otherwise disposed of, in violation of the laws of the
State of Oklahoma.....by reason of which violation said place is and for said 
period of time has been a common nuisance to the people of the State of Oklahoma 
and should be abated.

RESTRAINING ORDER STATES: That the allegations in said Petition are true......
place is being used and has been used as a place where intoxicating liqours are 
sold, used, given away and otherwise disposed of, in violation of the laws of the 
State of Oklahoma, and that said premises have been used and operated
by the defendants as a place of public resort where men and women become 
drunk and disorderly and engage in other disreputable conduct, and that said 
premises is conducted in a manner that offends decency and is contrary to good 
morals.....found by the court to be a public nuisance........ORDERED by
the court that the sheriff of Garfield County be, and he is hereby commanded 
to take posession of the upstairs of the building located on the premises 
above described; that he securely fasten each and every enterance and exit to 
and from said building by nailing, locking and securely fastening the same, so that
the defendants nor anyone else can enter said building.


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