The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-16
STAMPING OUT POLICY
Tax Commissioner Lahey In a
Fix-Applying the New
Law.

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Policy dealers had a bad quarter OF
an hour yesterday afternoon before
Judge Hudspeth, who, in General SEES
sions, to the CONSERVATION of these law
breakers, told them he would carry ou'
to the letter the drastic law passed ns
the Legislature last winter reiatns u
this species of gambling.
Standing at the bar for sentence were
Florence Hall and his wife. ootn OF
whom pleaded guilty of maintaining
policy lottery in their house. No. 62t
Newark avenue. The evidence against
them. on which the indictment was found
was furnished by Mrs. Rossleau. whe
Hall. In answer to the Courts questions
admitted that he had been in the policy
business for three yeare. but hadn't beer
In it for the past two years.
.Weren'< o in II last september
asked Judge Hudspeth. Hall denied this
and the Court asked him why then die
he plead guilty.
my counsel advised me to-" was the
reply.
1t being perfectly clear that Hall was
not speaking the truth, the Court asked
of his wife how long she had been in this
business.
Mrs. Hall, a young and attractive little
woman, burst into tears and said, annie
her sobs, that she had written the policy
numbers for Mrs. Rossleau in order tha'
she might give them to her brother-in'
law, Albert Hall.
siyTkara L. A 1hort Ha112p asked the
Court. But Mrs. Hall said she didn't
away. She admitted she had written sew
eral policy slips.
HERE'S JUSTICE FOR YOU.
Turning to her husband Judge Hud-
speth, in his severest manner, said that
although he was indicted under the Ole
law, which imposed a fine, it was the
duty of the Court to carry out the In
tention of the Legislature in the new
act.
You are q professional policy seller,
the Court said to the prisoner, who turn
ed pale and nervously clutched his wife's
hand, "and by your own confession. TIT
sentence in your case is n year hard
labor in State Prison, and thence until
the costs of prosecution are paid.
..As for you, Mrs. Hall, you have been
brought into this crime through the in
huence of your husband, and under the
old English common law would be ac-
quilted; but the Court has no alternative
n must carry out the law. In your
case you are fined $50 and costs"
Judge Hudspeth then called up the
complaining witness, Mrs. Rossleau, and
after a few minutes conversation salo
aloud that by the provisions of the law
the owner of the premises in which the
policy game was carried IN is liable to
81, 900 fine, and being informed that Rich
ard Lahey, Tax Commissioner, is the
owner, he, Judge Hudspeth, directed the
Prosecutor and the witness to go before
the Grand Jury and make a complain
against the Commissioners.
COMMISSIONER LAHEY SHOCKED.
Commissions Lahey, who was bonds
man for the Halls, happened just then
to be standing among the crowd within
the bar. When he heard the Judges
words he flushed a deep red and hastily
stepping to the front told the Court
that when he heard that gambling was
being carried on in his house he ordered
the Halls to leave, but they assured him
that they had ceased the business.
He was about to tell a story about
Mrs. Rossleau and Mrs. Hall and a quar-
rel about a dress, when the Court inter
rupted him by SAYING
at has always been the opinion of the
Court that your character is such thai
you would not tolerate gambling, but the
Courts duty is absolute and imperative
and must unhesitatingly be followed
without shifting to the right or the left
The matter will be investigated by the
Grand Jury"
SIX boys, oliver Burns, Henry Reinecke,
James Reeves. Joe K~innough, FRANK
Hal and William Ryerson, all convicted
of having policy slips in their possession,
were, brought up for sentence, but the
Court refused to pass sentence, saying
.These boys only received twenty per
cent of the money they collected, while
the remaining eighty per cent. went tG
the two backers of the game, wei
known offenders. Capiases have beer
issued for the principals, and the Court
does not propose to let them Off and
punish these boys. l will remand them
Judge Hudspeth referred to William
Zachmann, ex-saloonkeeper in Green
vile, promoter of dog m cock fights,
green goods man and all-round black
guard, and j. Reilly.
Zachmann, alias William Thompson
was arrested at 1:15 A. M. this morning
in his brother-in-law's saloon in Brook
lyn by Constable Martin. He wa brought
to the Hudson County Jail Immediately,
He will be tried next week for maintain
ing a policy shop.