The New York herald., 1866-07-05
THE LIQUOR QUESTION.
Order from Superintendent Kennedy
su.pending for the Present Any Action
Required 20 be Performed by the Ex-
ciss Law or 1880.

The following order. which was issued last night from
police headquarters TO tho police captains throughout tho
strict, will explain itself
asSEpAt oRpER--xo f02
oErcs or sursRIsrxspsrr Nv METROPOLITAN PoLlcx,
NEW Yoax, July 1860.
CA.lS-It has become necessary for the police
Lar the enort has been making under authority Of the
nineteenth twentieth aud twenty hrst sections Of tho
Excise law Of 1893 consequence Of the action OF Re-
corder Hscke the Court OF General Sessions In the
cases OF The people sgand jacob krshaar aud I'VE other
defendants ndcied the grand jury for violations or
that law
The question decided by the Recorder that
fairy before hm and although there Is good ground
TO differ with him 10 the conclusion he reached, yet
until reversed by higher Judicial authority hts decl-
sion must be re.prc'ed and compiled WITH u may re-
eonstutonaliiy Of the law finally disposed Of, and
Il world work unfairly % the persons who have
been adiudged BY the Excise Board worthy
10 be entrusted with license, aud who have
paid therefor 10 pcrni, 'hDss other persons who were
deemed wortnv to be 20 eu usied and who have
resisted The operation OF the law 10 enjoy business
advantages over them.
Therefore while you will continue to vigorously
force all other laws Of the State applicable 20 the
sale Of liquors aud 70 due Observance of the sabbath
day, you VII suspend nnii further orders any acton
Of 1888 JOHN A. KENNEDY, superintendent
DAsI,L casrKNrsn Inspector
cosHfrraL oF A POLICE OFFICER nv JUSTICE
CONNOLLY 0S CHARGE oF ASSAULT AND BAT.
TEKy.
some few arrests for violation Of the Excise law we're
morning, Notwithstanding the announcement made by
Justice Connolly the day previous that all future
csss, Of this kind he would lock up the officer making
the arrest The parties brought up were Of course i'm.
medsey discharged and instructed by the Jusics
70 what their rights were in this connection.
They severaly expressed their determination 70
civil suiis for damages; but evinclng
consideration for the ooers than the officers had for
them. none Of them made the necessary AFFIDAVIT 10
procure commitment of the men who had lle ally
deprived them ~ their liberty. Justice Connolly fur.
thsr Instructed the officers ~ the court when any
other Of this kind we're brought 20 the court
his sbsencc not 10 conne The parties in the used
for tho security of persons charged With criminal
offences bu' 70 allow them the liberty OF the court
shortly before twelve O'Clock officer Quinn, of
the Thirty hrst precinct, came into court, having IN
custody Athse Reardon bartender corner n Seventy
second street and Eighth svenue whom he had already
previously brought before Justice Connolly on the same
charses violation Of the EXCISE Law of 1sGson which
occasion Reardon discharged and informed In tho
hearing of the 0pcer that N he again moiesied
submit only upon The exercise Of such force would
quire force to ess 4 and that upon his being brought
10 the clerk would take bis aHdayt setting forth
these circumstance and The court w0nd then commit
the ofcer for the ssssni and battery The open uns
gused conemIa by The po &c Of the dcia Of court ex
pressed IN conformity with the decision of the highest
criminal jurisdiction of the city too glaring 10 he
overlooked and Justice Connolly accordingly committed
the ofncsr on the chsrge preferred BY Reardon, er
pressing n the tins his regret that the snbord nate
should be made 10 feel the penalty the offence ngsnst
the dignity snd authority ~ the courts of Law for
those higher IN authority were responsible. Ohacer
Quinn stated that his return 10 the housa
the nrt occasion be reported Sergeant Cosgrove then
In command the language made OF by tbs Court In
dtEchsrgng hN prisoner wheFvupon he directed BY
cesd forthwith V rearest Reardon u he found him s
sell ng iQnor He sas PERMITTED 20 until morning on
hs recoSn rance. when e will have ana bail In
n sun o. three hsnfred dollars