New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-30
SENTENCING LIQCOHDEiLERS.

EIGHT DEALERS FINED TY RECORDER HACKrIT-
HIS COMMENTS OK GOVERNOR RoBINsoNS AC-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. GRADY WANTS 10 FIGHT.
In the Court OF General Sessions Recorder
IIackct yesterday gave sentence eight persons, rep
rcscnting liquor saloons FOR violation of the Excise
Law. In sentencing them he spoke rs fooWs
Except for the precedent set me - the Executive OF
I'm. state should mr!ison you Wi hn tlo term pre-
scrihoG 10y The Stahc pom lhc ON OF l,.'ehp.r iS
bv two priSous-Rcharl EmiicC and John CoSTo'c.
charged ny indictment with violations OF thc Excise Law,
| sentenced them ScveraY-RicIaId lusllce to slAi}
DAYS aud John COSTOYc to thirty DAYS Impeachment III
the PcmtctialN, and also fine In those cAtItI 60
ihr Governor wss pleased remit Of impr,
onmcnt imposed hut suffered the fines 10 remain Npv
there cannot be- cases worse than thos" were, ana All
lIrr particulars before the Governor yet hc an
nucd the sentence OF imprisonment IMPOSED on each
Governor Robinson while at the bar. He ~ LAWYER
has been always man OF the best discrimination IN
economy and those affecting Tie public good.
Therefore, accept LIS standard III thrse mat
now submitted for sentence viii only impose fines
sentence iLc pei sons who nave pleaded
guilty to the several charges OF violation Of the Excise
and 10 stand ,rvtrliy committed uut The same bc pad
Upon Mark LinGan, the sum OF 800; upon Thomas
Logan, So John Logan. 500; Charles huie, -
James Collins. 500; Edward McGurn -: BERNARD
OBr.en, so and John T. OBri"n, 500 In the last
named OF OBiicn. his nc&hboIs twenty ~cvcn IN
number certify under oath that place orderly.
rt ,it,nintH c.rtify ,ansf In bal Inc prt .ouacI-
ancc. however, Is largely IL OBirns favor, ana he has
come down the PLAIN matter Of not having license.
III this case. there being 10 cns!dcraon given 10 the
aggravang circumstances Of disorder which exist Tor
the others, his fine i limited To the sum Oi flOO
In these cases tie men Lcd only 50 were the bar
keepers The places Of the liquor stores were ~ fol-
lows: James Collins, No. IL Grecne-'t.; Mark Lam
gan No 90 James-st; John Logan. No - West Twenty
scventh-st.; John =. OBrien, No 3i2 scvcniL-avc.
The case Of Felix Dounel called. bu he did not
appear and his forfeited 1t is reported that
the iduordaalers intend to make this test aud
have employed exJudSc DIttenhOeer 10 contest IT, ana
that Donntys failure to appear arose from mlsundci
standing RS to the day sci for trial.
After Recorder IIacLet had disposed Of the of
the LIQUOR dearrs and the people passing out Of
the COURTROOM an exchange Of words took place he
tween Mark LANG and his friends and Mr.. Whitney,
the agent OF the Society for the Prevention OF Crime
Mark Langan touched Mr. Whitney on the shoulder and
asked him take him Uanicanl into partnership be
WAS doing IA profitable business. Mr. whitney adv iscd
Mr.. Lanigan take the pledge. Assembly lyman Grady
who appeared friend Of auga took bis part, calling
Mr.. Whitney liar and pcIiurcr, and accusing HIM Of
perjuring himself while testiyinc before committee in
Albany. Mr.. Whitney declined To continue the arsu-
ucln with Mr.. Grady, who tlcreupon assumed a
threatening attitude. ana Nltel hn 10 Ht'P m" inc
park and settle tie difficulty. Mr.. whitney declined 70
accept the challenge. ana further remarked that lac
would rather not even associate WIN man ilh'' nom
the sum, cf New York. These remarks Had the effect Of
sin further irritating the Assembly man, ana De adj
vanced with the apparent Intention OF a-'iul,lhs NJ
Whitney. Officer Wilson, however, lea hm out OF thr
uuCjaton OF Recorder Hachctt and 1T Gi.t refused
pay his fine, bnt second thought concluded That n
meter
The IQuOIlcdicTS O the lower class regard The con
vlctlun of Ianigan OmuOli- sign 81 the future
action the Temperance men, but members OF ID"
LIQUOR Dealers Protective Union among whom La!gdn
was popular, consider his convection more - al
attack upon INN personally than "a any movement
directly connected with the prosecutions against the
liuaor.dealers generally. While ncmncr of the
L,duoI- Dealers mon Iinsan made himself di~lk"d
by many Is facIOus and eIaspng manner. ana was
invited OIcsgH his position dS an olccr 0 uc union
He finally left tine union, and tired 10 organize IiTl
organization, but only Occa-ion-thc hi-i meet
lng OF the aSsOcdtiOn-dd ne succeed IN obtaining
q quorum for business.
Inc hquOr dealers agitatcd about the conference
Wccn committee OF Society for the Prevention
of and the Police COMMISSIONER, bat they have
not consulted to what 10 adopt to Tc-t the
prosecution hy the temperance people winch they i"-
gard inevitable. Some quOr dealers ihIhh that sew
c.l raids will be caused by the temperance men, 10 bc
followed Iy gCnels win the police. Ohtr
Quur dealers take more serious view "a the
matter and SAY that the Rev. Dr. Crosby and h5 a-S0-
doubtless in earnest, ana Will succeed III clos
ing many saloons The liquor tIalc HAD been oNcIdUnc
in TINS city, dealer SAID ana OF the small
saloon Keepers, after paying rents, D, ANA other
incidental cXpcI>c-, dd very eIna margin Of lroiit
cft-hardly enough live upon. In fact many al them
were largciy debt bIcWcrics, would not
sorry 10 ~ forced ont Ol the business.