The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-17
ASPECTS OF THE EXCISE LAW.
SUIT BYRNEy GIVES SOME OF MS
CAPTAINS A 7ALKTN0 TO.
Policemen who Failed to "sce Anythisg
sold" On surday-An Employer Srsn'.
uuuv Liable For y En~aeepcr's Act.

povc.u.r who Failed to "Sce Anythiss
sold" On Aunday-An Employer Crini
nnI,y Liab,c For En-aeepcrs Act.
sunerintendent Dyrncs summoned 1--WE OF
more police Captains before him yesterday
morning and laid down the Excise law to them
IN very PLATA language. lie told them II they
did no, intend to enforce the Jaw TO say so on
The spot TIE Excise law or the part OF it re.
jatibc tho police hal been Interpreted by
those in authority. and It was the daty OF the
CAPTAINS to sos that the. law was enforced as
Il had Lo.n interpreted TO tliem. record oil
gone over, Th" hyeiage was two arrests 70 a
Lrccinct, Some 81 tho Captu ius !ai.di to make
any Arrest. although tho saloons IN their Ire
CinCts were widd icn.
Among the Captains at Headquarters yes.
terday on ier.ot or GEES, o4s aI; were
right. Smith. and Aiiaire.
he snper,ors q tho police Cnrtans have
mean ti.at saloons may lie Kc,t oIsn Oh sun
day 10, the safe u sursaLnr!i.a: a., ,,
test excise case involving IN" question
wLcther The Keeper Of ea.'on can, as hc!l
liable Tor tho meta Of his servants when the
I,am tho SALON keeper. Was ,rsd ycs,srISy IN
the Court of Oy"t "nl Lssniner before Judge
lnsrnhnm and Il lury, and the result was a
nj sixth avGnnc ,nnl fcNrtec1tL street. H.
las, election day IN having sold Ijrnor too Gear
npo,linc rlnr., McMeever was no; it"seht At
tIb IIlfC, avn tht|lf "t' no tNI'ltiiJt ~ ~nD.W
that he had authorized the bnrkceucr I" Fell.
III" facts were conceded. und NJ evidence was
Introduced IN the Part OF tho deter =. unon
verde, ~ guilty was iound agnih.t alckeever.
md 'no judy. in.rosr,l sentences by inim! nm
nr"r,iiirni" of reasonable duni,, IN The case IN
"rde, that m appeal may he taken to the Cen
Pial Term.
Iiuuor lraic,s VINO were arrested on Sunday
for Eenrin. thar places 81 CUISINES open went
AWAY Il n'u tho >orkvillo Police Court Ses'or-
,lay with iIuyclt Gh!IIns. mo lDFlNNlu IN
nearly every case was;
In.,rr Hogan Ito" l,i The prisoner v"I"te tho law'
the n~cs a", ~n,j and FOUND the prt'o'sr Men wcse
q ypo yan 80. any,nrrs"ni, NO .'S
o % srs ~ H' e fs' he n ''""s OK
Toui'uru men wers discharged. Two. Colin
Mcdonald. oUi Am .t"rGam aN"t'ic. aud Fred,
riirk Noh.. !.3lt SrroLd avenue. were held
inr selling bur,
SiNiv-.Uiii excise crHes from two to eight
ycnra odd were put upon tho calendar 81 the |
tienn,nl S"ralni,s yesterday he'oie iccorder !
Smy:h. ~ SONIA iirtord". Hniyt'! t"oS i,ia /
goat upon he hSmrh hv directed ASS. itnt Dis. |
trirt Attorney Davis To cn,l tina cAclso casus
AZ lon. rs tho District Attorney manitests
said t"eurd"r Smyth. propose T. hoiL him:
Iin'en,i t. show that this CONT can dispose of
w wi ia any outside nssis;.,..c" whntSvrr in
tho way "i extraordinary terms III other
air Davis then began to call tho long list OF
cases. u was !. v.rtnble sn.-snw in one re
srrri Tor .m case 'nt ,h ne'mnam r un n no, az
The arr"s. lid rot. Whenever tho def. tnut
did not answer. imcnrdcr Suiytlt said b. !eny:
wh,n ii was no officer WHO did not appear.
thu iircoi,.r; said:
The defendant ia discharged on his own
tn, District Attorney not bcing
ready fnr tne trial Of the case.
FINALLY Nj Davis announced that out of tho
grand tDtu, Of sixty Io,lr cas.rs he was ready |
20 proceed to tra! in only th,ne.
The first Of tho tnrre MAS that OF Henry r.
i.,l la \yhn ON - Lar n 81 |
sunday. May -. 1879. and bought glass OF
tnid ,hut four year, had interviewed hctw, IN
me Dat" Of the alleged offenre and TIE tr!a!
that no had n? defence /" offer ,
rho ,Yia lasted a, lnst ei:,t mlauteS The Jury
hn Was n the "rnr snys"
shields replied that he was not. and had been ,
out Of it for three years. Recorder smyth sns. :
The second ease was that OF Andrew Wei
and. formerly l n saloon Keeper at i.o3i Tenth
M" WITH scr ~ hn eass
innor on SUNDAY. July l. j ssss. Cosgrove said ,
ma: It was as, 50 long ago that he could not re.
r.. ASKED tosgrovs If no went into Wciland's
md he replied thmt no had done so. Tie tlini t
astod 1.-Two minutes The jury convicted Wei. '
a md rc%G n, him to The mercy Of the
'ot;; me hsoord"r SUSPENDED s.G'tence: w., d
!xcise law IN a saloon That he then Kent at a
oo oni k. ,eiy md N he sna 10 mco am
eening ii hotel in Dutrhcss county now" c
you 90 aid K ySe G smytR
lnndly. md do not violate the Excise law or
ny othnr law again. Sentence Is suspended" II