The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-10

and this Grand Jury whenever they find
the neglect to suppress these
maifeasance in Office. To whom can the
public look for the execution and enforce
ment of the laws if not to the police
authorities who are sworn to enforce
them. 1 shall, perhaps, be able to call
your attention to these matters more
specifically during the term, but | ask
these matters at once. As we view the
matter an investigation win result very
speedily in many indictments.
From which comes TO the
Court from certain localities of this
county these offenses have become a
menace to the communities. Official au-
thorities seem to laugh the matter off as
if it were Of no Importance. Now, upon
the examination of this subject, if you
should find that the owners or landlords
of the buildings not actually engaged IN
the conduct Of this class of business,
but who knowingly permit their property
to be used for these purposes, rent their
buildings to others to carry on these
practices, you need not be afraid but
that the law Will be indicated if you
indict such owner
II am compelled to call your attention
to the notorious violation of the laws
The statutes of This State have received
some late judicial Interpretation. The
habitual sale of liquor on Sunday is as
much a criminal misdemeanor as it ever
was, and still punishable to the same
extent.
MY attention has also been called to
the violation of the law against what is
ordinarily known as prize fights. Sew
eral of such entertainments have been
offered during the past year under one
name or another. The Court Of General
Quarter Sessions have suppressed several
of these exhibitions. h action of the
police authorities in some instances IS
also to be noticed and commended.
halls and clubs and other places. under
the name of scientific exhibitions of
strength, endurance, skill, etc. The Court
SafsS n0 meet r9r W Msaae t beeome sge a auea-
ton of endurance or skill with their
fists, with gloves or without gloves, no
such exhibitions are permitted in the
law. That sort of amusement is unaw-
full, and the owner of the place where
it is carried on is indictable. You need
not wait for the exhibition to begin, it
hibition. There are no such things in
the law. You will see by the statute
that they are all fights and combats,
under whatever guise they are conducted.
The owners of the places where they are
carried on are indictable. An attempt to
carry on one of these exhibitions is an
indictable offense They can be appre,
for it, and there is no need of waiting
for this scientific exhibition to begin,
and the parties get to pummelling each
other. / ask you to vigorously enforce
the law in these respects.
.There are some expenditures of public
money going on upon which the Court
has placed its attention. There are also
several other matters to which it is desir-
able that your attention be called, but
we will not delay you now from proceed
ing with the business of the term. But
in the meantime you need not await in
~struction from the Court in relation to
any matter whatever which may come to
your notice, or which ought to be the
subject of your inquiry. Your oath of
office fully reveals your duty, a duty
which the Court here abjures you to
perform in its entirety"