New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-18
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, JULY 49, 1855.

win ,ooa be exhausted aad the cover. trade win be
broker up.
The friends OF Temperance in the couutry appreciate
the impeeiments in the way OF enforcing the Prohibi-
tory Law in your city. Where the great public De-
mouss-etops Of the day, arc sort of Grafton eve ,hs
BODY Of pugilist who ended his carear in bloody
br.yrl a-nny bules or over the dead body Of pros
tute exsNed by inyi,lious public honors above tho
BODY ofher victim the Maine Law cannot Immediately
rin great degree OF popular fayor. Among re
r,ufitudes who throng to pay honor and resPeci 10
is.ae ON vhsr the irsice OF natural ami divine law
l.s inflicted legitimate penalties radical measure
must II course meet with fierce opYoSaon CA.ss 70
visited 10 pgin pe and taste will senousce ne hsa"S
law because restTains their hTntio1s hDerty, ouI
the ral districts the chershing nurseries Of the vgor
and virtue of the civil and social state viii support me
law .sevnclg the highest capacity cf true seit-SoY.
ernmeuf which. wki,e asserting yigAts "A mindini Oh
duties and blends the repression OF corruptng inhu
enc.s wish the promefon of rstonal human freedom
And they Will no. abandon their determination to ex
pei The cosrodng Of liquor selling from the In
pire State. Never
ALBASY.-The case Of Mr. William Lsndon a. Al
bsny charged with violation OF the ProhIbitory
Liquor Law. is still pending before Justice Cce, aud
continues 10 attract much attention. Counsel seem
disposed TO dispute every inch Of the process. Ga
Monday Mr. Porter of counsel for the defendant moved
that the complaint be dismissed and the deiendn& be
discharged for the following reasons:
1t That The alleged complaint Of Williams v.s Spsa s,S-
tory Ae; the facts and circumstance upon which his boes
founded s
I'd TIE, the subsequent er parrs saavits Mes Ra~
tin ard Johnson who summoned witnesses before tho
mssfrste lss'lly tsken hey wsre not preceted ~
not be used legal evidence uss the arrest OF the person.
under he alleged compliant Of Williams.
except the legal inference eonc'S'iea Of the compau-nt
se Information, of the Of he informant and the
fact. communicated hot being disclosed.
Tia. neither the compliant the afdsvs nor The
sh4
Of tie desndaa neither them shows that TIE fnos
lot law fy I'D neither Of them shows that VS. MT
csp0Is OF the s, sections, nsf it not within the
authority oftle second sec iou. 49, ,
conviiiou II Il ohtsned Is dee sratei or suv eny
de,cec the preceding aud he has opponn ~ OF join
The deienGauts counsel ao insists that
CURED ndicon That jurisdiction ceased when tho deteudsnt
rsr C. with sucieni suies such the masi trae
should CESAR appear and answer 70 any that
,icns Of the County Albany such other mags
trnte shall having crnns Jurisdiction, which application
he 30 mist, that TIE court has no Jurisdiction Try him
for the crime charged by Jury OF SIX men, and course OF pro-
ceecrg unk nown 70 the common law.
Mr. Porter also advanced the proposition, supported
b. series of Illustrations drawn from the provisions
OF the bill that =" an act passed IN violation OF the
81 Constitution, which Is contrary to the nature OF
" Republican ard free government, is no law, and
d" should be so held by courts and jufies." The
Cont denied the motion to discharge, and further tes
tmony was heard. Subsequently, however, the conn
eel for the prosecution requested nm adjournment OF
the Court until Thursday, in order to give Him time to
examine the points raised by Mr. Porter which request
granted
HsvAYA-In this village scarce a case Of drunken
ness has occurred since the 9TH.
ALBANY CO.-Frends from various localities in the
county sIeuk encouragingy OF the operation OF the
law The sale of liquor is very generally suspended
and public noxication is rapidly disappearing, with
cut resort to litigation.