The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-04-07
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RAINES BILL EXODUS
Judge Lippincott Charges
the Grand jury on the
Relief of Thirst
in Hudson.
POOL SELLING AND BRIBERY
Specific Cases Of Illegal Gambling
Illegal Expenditure Of
Public Money.

storm. Justice Lippincott and Judges
MENUS and Hudspeth were prompt in
arriving, and on entering the court room
they found their desks blooming with
beautiful bouquets. Easter lilies were
conspicuous in the makeup of the floral
offerings. The flowers were provided by
the court officers. Before ten O'clock
lawyers from all parts of the county be-
gan trooping in, and when the old bell
in the belfry rang out the announcement
that court was open the enclosure and
many of the benches outside of the rail-
ing were filled. About half of the lawyers
were obliged to stand up. The list of SUI
preme Court cases was called first to be
marked for trial. There are rs of them
Then followed the list of Circuit Court
cases, over 200 in all. In the Common
Pleas Court Judge Hudspeth heard APP
peal eases. The number this term is Go.
The reading of the Supreme Court list
was suspended to receive the Grand Jury,
who followed Sheriff Toffey in single file.
AS usual, the -twenty-fourth man. A. j.
Newbury this time, was excused. Justice
Lippincott announced that George Mil
Ter is sick, but will be present later On.
Justice Lippincott delivered HIS charge
as follows:-
The Court has but a few subjects to
which 1t is needfuI to call your atten-
ton.
Before you every class of offences
! against the law viii be produced, from
the gravest character of homicide to that
of petit larceny and malicious mischief.
To every class of crime your most earn
est attention is required. The petty
crimes if allowed to go unpublished lead
| to those Of a grave character and from
them to the highest grade of CRIME. II
one mar or class of men can commit any
sort of CRIME with impunity, 1t becomes
a license to any violation of law-
Habttual unpublished violation of Jaw de-
moralizes the community, as 1t does the
individual. It is historical that whole
| communities can b. sunk into the gross
| est decentralization and degradation by
the allowance and permission OF the
habitual violation of public law / say
this that you may approach VIA the
| Court has to say with an understandings
of the possible results of a laxity in
the performance of our official duties.
The general peace and order of this
county is to be commended. In mary
| respects the officers of the law the
peace and police authorities are earnest,
energetic and diligent in the performance
of their duties, in the apprehension Of
criminals and the enforcement of the
| laws. Our population is a varied one.
varied in nationality, in feelings, Inn
pulses, passions and vices, and it re.
Quires stern control at times to compel
the enforcement of order. But as a
general rule it is well maintained, and
our mum icipai governments, with the
police machinery, perform their duty in
a manner to excite admiration. Violent
lawlessness and crime are ~vigiiartly re-
pressed.
There are some other subjects Of police
supervision ito which your attention must
be called, and which exhibit a great lack
of performance of duty. One class Of
offences which has broken out anew in
1 kJfeM 800 . $780, ~ 49, -
annoyance during the last few months.
1T is that of gambling in its various
/ FORMS, more or less openly carried on in
the different parts of the county. 1t
munity, unless rigidly repressed. 1t
reaches out and within its vicious grasp
includes the young and old, and in its
various forms makes it's diseased inroad
into every class of community; it robs
home of its comforts, and children of
Their bread; jt desolates the heart of the
| victims, and casts them out after they
| are destroyed. as total wrecks, and rem
ders them unfit for any station in life,
| leaves them unable longer to follow any
reputable occupation in life and spreads
destruction in its path. The Court must
now ask every officer of the law to pef-
form it's duty in this matter. and it now
| asks you to utterly extirpate this cr me
in this county. 1t is but a year or two
| ago that by united effort it became to
g great extent suppressed, but this re-
SUIT shows that there exists no safety In
the relaxation in the slightest in this
matter. The Court now insists that fhis
matter shall be dealt with by your BODY
with unrelenting vigor.
| The forms which this offence takes il,
this county are pool selling OF book ma Il.
ling ON horse races which takes place
in ether States; the policy business SO
called, and the establishment of MANY
places in this county where other forms
of gambling are INDUCED in.
pnoI traJlif,cr ara hnok .,ft- - 80
results Of horse races are severely de-
nourced by law. 1t has been carried or
up TO about a week or two ago ID some
places in the township Of North Bergen.
Town of Harrison. There is evidence
in existence to show that this offence
has been committed In these places, and
II should be produced by the officers Of
the law and Indictments should be found.
The evidence, as / understand it. of the
Offences, committed in the Town of Har.
rison is Immediately at hand, and I think
an indictment should be at once found
and presented. This case is one which
has given rise to Some scandal. Whether
it exists only in rumor or not will be for
you to determine, but 1t has been said
that it has been given out that this
pace, or this offender. had been prom
Used protection. or that protection would
in all probability be afforded by some
person in authority. Whilst indicting the
place and the offender It would not be
/ lie thiCS III dllt 9alS ~ RE1De l4IS
report to the bottom. 1t is a favorite plan
for these swindlers to give out that their
places are being run by purchased pro
lection, and if they have so given out
it would be well for you to ascertain Ii
in order that when guilt be established
the Court may know more precisely the
severity of punishment to be melted out.
The Court may also ask you to get
evidence In order to indict sthose VINO
are responsible for the pool selling or
book making carried on at the Mans
field Hotel in the Township Of North
T Bergen. This Is one Of the places where
these practices are carried On almcsl
daily. yet whenever q warrant is issued
on a complaint made to the members 81
this Court, or a raid Is ordered, those who
! conduct this peculiar business there are
warned In ample time to close up ana
dispose of their Implements Of trade. The
I Court can only renark that this result
! about as queer and q little verse than
the business itself. This can only come
from some officers Of the law and this
affords also a subject Of investigation.
and also If Indictment II YOU can md
j The Responsible parties.
This Scheme Of violation az 1av dlso
fnefude8 plase Situated ia whati tc