New-York tribune., 1896-05-05
FEW CASES IN THE COURTS.
no EXCISE PRISONERS IN CENTRE STREET OoOhi
EVIDENCE MAY co TO THE Dis
rprf-r ATTOR\EY


Comparative.y few prisoners charged with vioat-
ing the excise Jaw Sunday were arraigned IN the
magistrates courts in this city yesterday. In a
number cf the precincts st was said the poilce had
not made summary arrests when they ulScoVere"
what they Thought violations OF tine law IN
saloons lately licensed hotels. but they secured
evidence and made afidavts which were sent 10 the
D,..,c. ,r,ornev In n number OF precincts the
,,,c. ,aued 70 discover any violations of the law
on Sunday at the saloons t... ..
Not one excise case was presented at the Neh'ie-
at court yesterday, although there are severai po-
lice precincts IN the court distric'' anu CaP'ai'
Grant. CAPTAIN Cross and Acting Captains Ryan
Groo and Young sent a number OF poilcemeh OUT
IN asn clothes 10 search for evidence against the
saloonkeepers The excise cases In the other courts
were mostly those of saoonkeepers VINO were caush'
selling liquor or treating Their friends IN rooms re-
mote from their barrooms
Act,np INSPECTOR O'Keefe on Sunday night sent
Detectives Murray and Hart Of MS stan to AIRING
ton Hall in East Eigfth-st., where there was re-
ception of the Frank Freedman Association ana the
officers bought sixteen glasses or beer anu o!'hh
OF w-hiskey without being required 10 order meal
They arrested Henry Bach. the waiter who served
the drinks and took him before Magistrate Crane
at Essex Market Court yesterday morning. Inc
MAGISTRATE discharged the waiter who said tfiat the
officers ordered sandwiches before they got any
rauor Arlington Hall has hote license. Acuhs
INSPECTOR OKeefe, upon learning OF the waiter
discharge Yesterday, sent tWo uIteOt-Ne' ~ Wv
District Attorneys Office with the evidence and d.
rected them 10 try TO have the facts laid before the
Grand Jury
Magistrate Cornell at the Yorkvile Court. heard
n similar case and sad Il do not agree win those
} magistrates who say they have power TO inquire
into the character OF place that has hotel license.
From the circumstances in the case am cohyhceu
that the hotel license was obtained 70 evaue & me .
sniri, of the law and the fact that there Is such
cense will not prevent me from holding Inc pr svier
for the Grand jury. After hearing the counss tOa
| rhe prisoner however. the magistrate paro.ea the
prisoner unth the lawyer could prepare priei.
PA hawysr asked for speedy trial before Judge
tN,zgerald in the Court OF General Sessions yes,er-
day In the case OF Florence F:nkeise n a young Ig
uscr,an who was employed as waitress az no 10y
Eest Houston-st, and has been locked up IN the the
rnnahs "a await trial a charge OF violating the
@ Ioo' sw ~, Her arrest was declared by the .awyer
e., he the result OF a conspiracy. A police spy Went
into the place where the young woman was EN- en-
,noyed the lawyer sad. poured some whlskey INTO
posn I'm from, a flask which he had carried IN mis-
nocket and then called upon policeman VINO Sp.
r,d 10 arrest the young woman, pretending thl1
sbs had served him with the whiskey Judge fs'z-
gerajd reduced the bail of the prisoner TO $2~
NOT GUILTY OF ExCIlr; VIOLATION
Mary Williamson, owner Of a small oyster saloon
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