The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-06
THE LIQUOR DEALERS IN TROUBLE.
Court OF General Sessions.
Before Judge Beebe.

Before Judge Beebe.
IMMENSE GATHERING-rHREI HUNDRED LIQUOR
DEALERS SENTENCED TO BE FINED AND MPRIsON-
ED FOB SELLING LIQUOR WITHOUT LICENSE.
Ocr. 5-The court room this morning presented
usual and curious appearance the two large being
filed to their utmost capacity.wt prisoners who by
their own plea stood convicted of the crime of selling
spirtuous liquors without license The prisoners for the
part natives of the Emerald ISLE Germany and
Holland and propretors of of the very hauns
which infest the city Women among the
exempt for these fra mortals included with
the number Of law breakers II will be remembered that
the greater part of the September term spent in
rgnng these prisoners and nearly all of those arrested
upon such warrants issued from this court pleaded
guilty, and remanded until to-day for sentence
Accordingly. about ten o'clock. hour before the
opening of the court the prisoners began to arrive
from the various wards in knots of twenty and thirty
under the charge Of the various captains of police and
their officers At halfpast eleven O'Clock Judge Beebe
entered the court and upon ascending the bench inform
ed those assembled that upon looking their he
had found ten men among their number who richly de-
served punishment These men, he sorry to
say had been the propretors of houses of prostitution
and gambling and had often been requested to close their
vile holes kept open defiance of the laws and
the police All OF their houses he was ashamed to say
the resort Of prostitutes and thieves and in many
instances the prisoners depraved to prostitute
their children. These persons, therefore, well
deserving of imprisonment in the penitentary and ci
prison, and it his intention that they should have
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other these institutions He wished them
stand however that the present only admontory
ana instructive punishment Tor u was IN the power Of
and fine each of them $3.50 who sold single glass Of
liquor without license Therefore, matter of course
they could easily see that the punishment he would in
fict upon them only iota of what would be
visited upon them hereafter
The clerk then called the names of the ten persons
mostly residents of the sixth ward who all appeared and
to whom the Judge said foioss;You have been time
s % 70 up your LOT thieves ana
continued to deal in nefaous occupation Yours
have been the dens Of prostitutes and other miscreans
who have set the police at defiance and who, much
the annoyance and Of the public commit depre
dations whenever opportunity affords itself And
| guilty Of the base crime of prosttuting his own
daughter The sentence of the Court is that Hen
| teen days and be fined s25; John Jenkn two months
penentary and SIS fne William Eastman, pepitentiary
two months and SIS fine Earnest Brehens two months
imprisonment in the penentiary Catharne Bailey fined
$50 Henry Brown city prison for fifteen days and fined
$780, Hermann Dorscher, fined $50; Charles Jerks pen
Tertiary two months and SIS fine; Henry Hareork city
prison fifteen days and s25 fine and Henry Kohler, two
months imprisonment in the pententary and SIS fine.
The Judge then turned his attention towards the main
batch Of the prisoners whom he about to pro-
Douncs the sentence Of the Court He said he felt much
embarrassed at sentencing such vast number of persons
for very hard to inquire into and become acquant
ed with However he hoped that he would do justice
them The crime OF selling liquor without license had in
great and obnoxious evil and the law breakers in such
instances had fears Of the Law whatever. He would
endeavor in his Judgment far as he able to main
tain the purity and majesty Of the Laws They guilty
Of selling liquor without license, which mis-
demeanor in the eye OF the law, for which the Court
had tho power vested In II TO fine the offenders $3.50
and sentence them to one year imprisonment in
the penentiary. Their punishment would be materially
diminished; but any Of them brought up be-
him again he would inict upon them punishment
the full extent Of the law. necessary for him. in
consequence Of their great snumbers to classify them
according to the merits OF their cases, follows
First Class Those who had applied for license and
refuaed the ground Of keeping disorderly houses
Second. Those who at first refused licenses
count OF keeping dsordery houses but afterwards had
licenses granted them.
Third Those who did apply for licenses until IN
dctmsnA were found agans. them, but do not keep dis
orderly houses.
Fourth Those who had applied but kept in abey-
and consideration.
Firth Those who had recently into possession Of
stores and had not sufficient time procure licenses.
he had done this 10 prevent injustice being 10 any
party and Was ne WAS certain, the best mode Of doing
The rst cLsA who had applied for claims but were re-
fused account Of keeping dordery houses he had de-
termined 10 fine $40 each
The second class who had since obtained lieense hut
had previously sold sprtuous liquors without license he
resolved to fine els each.
The third class who had not applied for license before
indictment found but do not keep dsodey houses
he intended TO tine $40 each
The fourth clsss-The Judge sESended judgment on
this portion Of the prisoners
Fifth class-s Honor also suspended judgment on this
class
whom he had suspended Judgment, that ever he
heard Of OF them violating the Sabbath by selling
sprituous liquors he would prison every single Of
them that should happen TO be arrested II those who
kssp their places decsnty and orderly viii certainly b.
obliged 70 impvfson them In the penitentiary. He
then told the prisoners that the intention Of
ths Court 70 commit those persons who did not ns