Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-04
Court Notes.


 There was great consternation among the liquor dealers on Saturday owing to the wholesale arrests made under the direction of Prosecuting Agent Hugh Daley. When the m inor cases were disposed of Mir. Daley made statement to the court. He said . batch of cases against about fifty liquor dealers in New Haven had been brought by him, and suggested that they be continued until next Saturday His honor agreed to g continuance of the cases, but did not like to have them all set down for one day. He thought ten cases should be assigned for each day until the number was exhausted. Mir. Daley intimated that many of them would probably not come to trial, but would be settled before next Saturday. Then MT. Daley made lengthy statement to the court in explanation of why he had brought prosecutions against so many. He said that the saloon keepers numbered over 500 in this city. There were yet nearly hun. dred who had not obtained licenses. All the licenses could not be granted on one day, so when they expired. January |, 1884, he had it announced in the newspapers that he would not arrest any saloon keeper for thirty days alter that, even if he had no license with which to carry on his business. This course he took to give every one chance to procure their license, and he extended the time thirty days on his own responsibility. He need not, he added, have given them one hour if he wanted to be mean and strict. By February he supposed all would be provided with a license. He found out diff ferently, and those who were not he had ar- rested. Some of those who had been arrest ed for selling without license at the expi- ration of the thirty days had since then taken out one; but it had been after the allotted time: Hence the prosecutions.
 Then he asked if any of the arrested sa- loon keepers objected to the continuance and would prefer to have trial Saturday morning Three said they wanted a hearing at once They were Louis M. Zahn, 115 Hamilton; Joseph Wibel. 322 Oak ,and George Lowndes 66 Foote. The latter's case was tried first. He said he had his license in his pocket, having taken it ont Saturday. He had been prevented from obtaining it be- fore because one of his bondsmen being sick was unable to leave the house. His honor intimated that Lowndes had been given thirty days to obtain 8 license, and that ought to have been sufficient time He should not have put it off until the last moment. Then the judge said the newspapers had been notifying the saloon keepers of the extension in time, and that the same difficulty had arisen last year. At that time there was general agitation of the subject and it should not have so soon been forgotten by the saloon pro- prietors. He fined Lowndes $25 and costs. The testimony in this case was by George R. Bill and Detective Wood, both of whom said they saw beer sold there since February l, and that there was no record of a renewal of Lowndes' license in the county commissioner office until Sstur- day morning. The same penalty was inflicted in Zahn's and Wibels cases. A bond of $150 was asked in each case. An appeal was taken by the three.
 The police on Saturday served warrants on the following Henry Leysrzaph, 81 Greg son; Norman W. Rood, s2 Grown; John v. Neville, 43s State; Max Thalheimer, A Gerard, Congress avenue; Edward Leon ard, 22 Church Leonard F. Kellogg, Ire mont House; - Parsons, 72 Church, Ja- cob Rosinus, 29 George Barkentin, 400 and 4O2 Chanel