The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-03-12

i WIN be nsceeary 70 recall certain transactions in the
During the years 1857 and 1885, the two first years seS
be creation Of the Board under the appointments made by
Recorder Of this city, The Chief Jnsce Of The Superior
Court and the fret Judge Of the Common Pleas, but ono
suit ccnmenced u this city for violation Of he
-1cse law under which this Board has been created and
individus his case was prosecuted o judgment before
jury, but the sheriff failed TO coec anything under the
was DOT upt about April last tia. new gh. broke
On tie two members Of The Board forming majority
the supposed nature and extent Of their powers and
Jay Hasketi and Robert D. Holmes passed resolution
sypointne the said latter named Robert holmes Oorn
eel to the Board, and comforting on him alone powers =
sueh counsel, 70 commence many suits might unto
him seem good, and be IL turn employed big partner, Mr.
McKeag as attorney. This opened up 70 Mr. Holmes an
prosecuted 70 the extent Of hs activity. The under
signed protested against this assumption OF more than
doubtful powers and oontended tina: no sIe should be
after due examination By them; but In this he was
overruled BY his two colleagues and finding That
rom that day kessrs. Hasket and Holmes acted ex
clusively together as majority. able and resolved
give the undersigned no voice IN any Of their
decisions. the undermined was obliged in selfreepec
WITHDREW from the delibel atoms Of body wherein he
bad no power, and which was embarking on . course
which hethen thought, and thinks, % be fraught
with opprcesion. Since the date Of h withdrawal the
deEsgned only knowB % much Of the business Of the
Board his colleagues have M to make public 70 an
The world but even on the e the pare. interested
set them FORTH he hopes 10 establish full justification for
the which he has poreued and The conclusions Of
this communication.
Nessrs. VIM Jay Haekett and Ronert d. Holmes, Com
msobefe q Excise, confess that said attorney has inst
tuced and commenced ten thousan1 suits, for not
les than eight hundred Of which, examination, no
color Of law fact could be found and which had conse
euebty 70 be abandoned The defendants thus unus6aby
impleaded having remedy against the persecution for
such and loee Of required prove that
the suits could be suoeantated and had foundation
Bot again, ev;oenoe Of the stimulating effect Of the
peculiar circumstances referred 70, compare the suit
COMMANDED during the years 1857 and 1858 with the tan
thousand hundred and four suss which have been
brought against ti2sns since April as the date whereon
Mr. Holmes was appointed Counsel Of the Board By hs
own vose, aided wn The vote Of Mr.. Haaketa IS mot
pretended that the alleged offences against the Law
wore not a. rife in 1857 md 1853 - shsy hle
been since April last, but the result shows eAt
while public interest could only bring one suit In
two years. The said attorney has brought moro than
ten thousand gus IN space Of time le than slDk,e
year. Thus, prpccay new legal department has bean
crested with sAlared assistant prosecutor and salared
clerk and ~ this In addition TO tho many hundred suits
which In The hands Of the District Attorney for
violations Of law IN sailing liquor. and which the courts
this city declare themselves uttery unable deal with
Unless na OF new judges and neg courts be created
Tor the sreciAl purpose.
or the 1c.2d4 suits commenced, the Commissioners,
MessYs Hakett and Holmes, INFORM that In addition
the eco its discontinued the ground Of error
nepcsn<ot four hupdre cd and thirty five have been dis
continued pay ment Of ccss and that OF these about
three hundred reve discontinued without any pecunary
empycEsse o. any oster stipulation than that nc de-