The New York herald., 1864-02-20
The Grand Jury Among the Liquor
Dealers,

The Grand Jucy AmOng tine Liquor
Dealers.
PREsEsrMENr Nv THE GRAND JURy-NEcRssIrv FOR
VIGOROUS ENFORCEMENT or THE ExcfsE LAWS
CouRr
Before City Judge Russei
FEB 19.-Ths Grand Jury came INTO Court this morn.
ing aud made tho following important prcsenimeut in re-.
ition to aud evils resulting from tho H..
quor tral'c
The Grand Jury from details Of crime they
have been compelled 70 investigate wnh profound ccnvc
win pro frirss so oag IA The Hood gales
o. are Open s nsa and day Our criminal
thousand OF ten thousand wess and
their victims bv tens OF tosants n futile tamoer
wh the results WIN. snons the causes Of abound
Intoxicating is caref edeed about and
paupersm tssaion ami crime are partially
% ted BY The e.sSoa q heavy license fees and
rgidy enforced than those teiatng In his city
se 'ns STATE openly ae hat Ia en-
csnse shall be first had and obtained before any persoo
license ns $50 which sas been the amount a1ed by
and taxing out eences ia iss @ss ony ssi i.ins s
number equal to any army. DIVISION Of open con
q aw AND ro.rsss q ,as city 'reasy The
years thus withholding million oc dollars from
dens and courbaur in nlea vome the e @ s, II
sanitary moral and social useries The opnon Of
jury Dec mber 1854 undo btcdy APPLIES to tie a6omi.
ssy enihs of the LIQUORS sold IN
New York adueraed with the delsirrions pot
sons We have well orsaniz' police judiciary
TENS All questions under the Bxcise
adindicatad and settled ani all attempts repeal
modify the law have been unsuccessful But Il
tematicaiy and openly voa,ed thousands of times
daily, and there IL hardly single known instance of
punishment on record and scarcely any attempt 10
tins of the linuor traffic Ia paryzei ii touches
the traffic itself In the judgment NJ tic Grand Jury the
OF public morals and OF good would be
promoted at least Of the machinery Of criminal
justice diverted fom the attempt In
complished FORMS and directed to the Of
law the known authors and OF aud
crncto tho draining Of the fountain instead Of drying
the the mening OF DYKE chasing
the infowing waters The Grand jury believe that
practical remedy for the evils thus exposed demanded By
every consideration Of municipal sefrespec. public
security and the supremacy or government OF law and
they would respectfully the senate and Assembly
in session provide such aremedy Were police force,
under the direction OF the Commissioners and Super:
liquor selling they with gaming houses-the instru-
mens craft destroyedsee section ~ Of the
act establishing Metropolitan Police District sOor
required 10 close dram shop whose
keeper exhibit license for his traffic Is believed
thai chronic evil Of gigantic magnitude would be abaed
with Justice TO offenders bat with untold benefits 10
society The cannot perceive why Junk cart or
hackney coach inscribed number list Of fares
should be- summary ected from the streets while those
streets lined aud cornered by establishments nooriosy
Violating similar but stringent and more needf laws
with npunity Our only safety city lies IN the equal
administration OF Just laws audin the subjecton OF all
classes 10 rightful authority.
They were then discharged for the term.