The sun., 1896-07-28
RAINES LAW DECISIONS.
SALOON KEEPER VINO rBoUo Hr IT
EASY TO BEAT TIE LAW HELD.


Sunday Drink, whether Ordered OF
Not-LeEsi 60 Serve Moro Than On,
Drink with = Sandwich, Also sars Deuel.
Policeman GeraKhty of the Charles stree
station srraiRnod in Jefferson Market Cour-
yesterday Thomas Donnelly. keeper ot q ga
loon at IA Abingdon square, whom he ch Arged
with having violated the Raines law. Ger
agility told Magistrate Deuel. that he went into
the saloon at o O'Clock Sunday night and or.
dered glass of beer and n sandwich. He was
served with the beer and sandwich. and after
drinking the beer went to the door and then
returned to his seat. He sat there for twenty
minutes and then ordered another beer with.
out ordering another sandwich. 1t was served
to him. He drank II and then arrested Dom
nelly.
Donrelly declared that, as Ciersghty had not
left the room, he bad a right to sell him more
than one beer with the sandwich. GeraRhty
then told the Magistrate that he heard people
| who were drinking in the place order drinks
without the formality OF also ordering sand
| wiches. He said that he also heard Donnelly
telling friend how easy 1t was to beat tho
| present law by simply serving q sandwich,
whether ordered or not.
This prisoner had q right to serve two
| glasses OF beer with q NEAL" said the Magis-
| trate, but I will hold him In 81 900 bail for
| trial on the sworn statement OF the policeman
that he saw drinks served without sandwich,
and also that he heard the defendant explain.
Ing how he beat the law"
Policeman Gillespie OF the Charles street sta
ton arraigned Michael Sullivan. the manager
OF a saloon at 400 Vest street. The license of
the saloon is in the name OF Sullivan's wife,
Helen. Gillespie told Magistrate Deuel. that
he went into the saloon last night at o O'Clock
and ordered q glass Of beer. He did not order
sandwich. but ono was served him. and be
was charged ten cents. He did not know
whether he was charged ten cente for the beer
and that the sandwich was given to him free,
or whether he had been charged five cents for
each.
Sullivan showed to Magistrate Deuel. a large
sandwich of rye bread and ham, He said that
this was the sandwich that the policeman had
ordered and had partly eaten.
But he says he didn't order a sandwich"
said the Magistrate. You have no right to |
force meal on man.
HE did order sandwich" said Sullivan,
and my wife served it TO him. She is not here |
now. or she would tell you so."
Magistrate Deuel. held him in 81 900 bail for
trial.
arraigned Michael J.. Farley, the Secretary oi
tho Retail LIQUOR Dealers Association, who
SGs rsIoon b.,a; nt - Tenth avenue Sins od
place at o'clock Sunday night and ordered a
s!ass or beer. When told that be would have
COM there to drink and not TO eat Sims
added that Farley told him that a sandwich
and paid for tho two. He then arrested Far.
ley on the ground that n sandwich was not a
legal meal When ordered In that way. but was
only a ,subterfuge; Magistrate deuel. dis
charged Farley, holding that sandwich was
Policeman McAniH Of the Macdoueal street
Sa;ie4 Saars od "rra!Ensd J9hn ESghoer; 30
tel at 335 Spring street on a similar charge.
McAnr n A said that he went into The Morgan
glass Of beer from EgEh9frer. The latter
served h,, him, and then another man came up
wich. Although he refused to take a sand
wtch. one was brought him. hut not before he
had notified EGShotier that he was under ar
Egghofer said that he was not connected
With the he, hotel eXsept as lodser Ho de;
the manager OF the place. While
him TO serve McAniff with a glass of Of beer beer
sEghoher , served the beer and as the sand {
Mcvitty testified that ,McAniH ordered a
andwich. he asked Egghotier to serve McAnif
Yh hs sdnS ths beer rd dEEEh"er did so and when
ime, McAEifr laid down tvc cents on The a
ounter McNitty said that he asked for five /
SnIs ;1 more for the s"ndwtch and that Nc Amin
yalSed him Two blocks toward the station and 6
astaa '"d the Of 6esy %Fht h5 to
urned to the saioon and arrested Egghofrer. !
aid that, as the stories OF the defence varied
o much. he would hold Egghorer in $1,000 b
Policeman McAniT also arraisncd John Gal b
,ShTIT, n;tI BARTENDER bar in ke"nan's saloon and
went into he psce at said that
light and ordered a sandwich and a glass Of p
S%ri "ir r;r He 1 then drank the beer, ami after e
ith the sandwich he had bought AT ,irst b
,tsr hcnE na ,sFyed he arrested Hlogher /
'Hn An one drink with meal ''0 n
ote at 20 Baxter street. was charged in the Sc
entire street Court Yesterday with ceiling X
ceman Weigold Of the EIizaheth street Sta. q
on. when N the saloon on sunday night. sav u L,
man seated at table on which was plate NJ
rved with a glass of beer and drank IL. -,
oIasslli said his customer was waiting while 2,
agistrate Brann held him in 81 900 for the 81
Po!iccman NIilhau-er of the East Eighty OF
EhthI street station arraigped Daniel Murray a.
"a lanes =. Gallagher before Magistrate tm tm
iihGussr went to the rooms OF the Arran pr pr
enne sundav h street and Second Of
rvcd with beer by Murray, arrested him, VI
urray. who is the ,Sergeant.at-Arms of the ~ ~
nb declared that the organization was duiv ID
artered. and he was raroled for examina.
IN N In order that he might prove his assertion
The policeman also visited the rooms OF m.
amrock Social Club. at 1892 second ave
II, whore he arrested Gallagher. who served
m with beer. lie testified that the so-callei xe
ID was merely blind for the snle OF louor. w
a; as Gallagher put in no defence, he was ca
Id in $1,000 bail fUE tr.... at the Court of br
neral Sessions. - u,i
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