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Blackhawk bar owner vows to appeal smoking conviction 

Jump to full article: Associated Press (AP), 2009-09-22
Author: The Associated Press

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A Kanawha County circuit judge has upheld the conviction of a Charleston bar owner on two misdemeanor charges of flouting the county's smoking ban.

Judge Charles King upheld a magistrate's February conviction of Blackhawk Saloon owner Kerry "Paco'' Ellison. King ruled that Ellison broke the law by distributing ashtrays and allowing patrons to smoke in the bar.

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