The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-14

| or visible business there. They appear to
know always. upon the adjournment soL
the session of the Grand Jury, what the
action of the Grand jury has been, and
if the action does not accord with their
views. then they the personal
their next meeting to secure a revocation
| of their action. Grand Jurors should
never allow anyone to approach them to
the case that the Grand Jury looks to
| some powerful outside Influence, rather
than to his oath, by which to shape his
| action.
1t is the evidence before you, and your
oaths which should constitute you guides
to conclusion and action. 1t is your W
Judgment, conscience and intelligence TO
which resort only should be had.
If you perform your duty under your
| oaths, your task will be one requiring
fidelity and courage on your part. 1 can
not now advert to all the matters which
| should be considered by you. l shal only
now mention a few matters, reservfng to
the Court the right at any. time to call
you attention to such matters as may
require action on your part.
1t is the information which the Court
receives from authentic sources, that the
violation of the law, against maintaining
places of resort for betting on horse
races and other forms of gambling is
rife in this county. / have no hesitation
In giving expression to the opinion Of the
whole Court that there is no form OF
| offense against the criminal law more
ACllOi AiLi1k ~ tAES RSoRAOf @A<N
ing to legitimate business than this one.
1t involves whole communities in. idleness
| and ruin, and if permitted to flourish. IN
| every community in which 1t does hourisn
it demoralizes and eventually destroys
| every legitimate channel of trade ana
occupation. 1t makes a criminal den OF
the place in which it fourishes, entraps
the young to enter within its doors, 10
| the utter ruin of their chances to become
| useful, trusted and respected men. There
are several places in Jersey CITY, IN
Hoboken and Harrison. as Wen as lhe
notorious and shameless establishment at
Monte Carlo. l do not say they are open
| today, but most of them have been open
/ and running steadily from January last
to the present time, and 1t IS the ouly oa
the Court and it is the pleasure or the
| Court, to demand of the Grand Jury, that
not merely those who perform cieri-
cal and mental services in these places,
but the owners, proprietors and managers
of these places shall be indicted for the
violations of law which they nave COM
mitted during the past year. me court
| cannot perform the duty OF oelection.
The duty of the Court is judicial purely,
but in the performance OF that 1udlclad
| duty 1t will aid you to the utmost limit or
its power to eradicate this offense, ap-
solutely suppress its continuance, IN lne
performance of our duties here it Will not
do for the officers of the law and the
Grand Jury to say that they cannot as
certain who it Is that conducts these
| places. as principals or employees, or those
who aid and assist them in the commits
sion of this crime. With the W at
the command Of the officers OF the law,
and at your command, such an excuse
sayors of braZen effrontery ana disregaru
of the law and will indicate to the Court
| an intention to disregard the law and tne
performance of duty.
Almost eighty complaints nave come 10
both members of this court against these
nlaces FREQUENT communications AVE
passed between the Court ana the last
| Grand Jury, in relation to these places,
and especially the one existing at monte
/ Carlo. The Prosecutor OF the Pleas pro
| cured evidence and placed 1t De1ore the
| Grand Jury, ample in its legal erect 70
| secure indictments. Evidence, was az
hand to show the persons VINO ownee
at hand or within the reach OF the last
| Grand Jury. Three times the Court m
yoked their action, but no Indictment rol-
lowed. nor did they at any time request
the aid of the Court in the solution OF
| any difficulty which arose as to evidence
| produced before them and used IN tnelr
elaboration. At the last moment smart
| ing under the reflection of the Court, q
pretense was offered, that the evidence
was not sufficient; but this pretense was
| not offered in a manner which insured
the slightest confidence OF the Court, ~
ment on the part of the Grand Jury to
| avoid the performance Of duty. They
| would have the Court believe that aIter
| untiring effort under their oatns, from
AUTH IL OCpICllpSAy 49, 80,
able to discover any of the actors IN
| the management or conduct or a gam
| bling house so VIGOROUSLY and Openly
| conducted as that at Monte carlo mas
been, IF the neglect was not SO serious
| and disastrous to the Administrator OF
public justice the excuse would pc, 70 say
the least, amusing. / have salo tnat II
is not within the duty nor within the
power of the Court to become the prose
| cutor of the criminals. Such a position
|smay perhaps d~isqualify the Court from
sitting in judgment IN q crlininal case.
force the law, must distinctly understand
this.
his duty in the administration Of ne
criminal laws of this county, recently, d.
rected the Sheriff of this county to place
officers at Monte Carlo to prevent the
offenses being again committed there; IN
this action he is sustained by the Whol
Court. and the action has been continued
Until the end of the last term and Until
the meeting of this Grand Jury. NOW,
upon conference with him., 1t mas been
determined that this action was, for the
time being, actually necessary; but for
the present this course on the part or
the Court will be discontinued and the
entire responsibility will now be cast up
on YOU. Where it belongs, together with
the law officers and police authorities Of
the county. The police authorities or
that township in which the place Is 10
Gated must be looked to. The officers
of the law in this county and your body
must be looked to-, that the law be en-
forced by the Indictment of the Offenders.
These offenses in every part or this coun-
ty must be wiped out by your action.
The plain discharge of your duty vii! re-
suit in the absolute suppression OF these
offenses and the punishment OF the
offenders.
These remarks apply to the situation in
Hoboken, in the Town of Harrison and
in he City of Jersey City.
SO far as the violation of law at Monte
Carlo is concerned it has been SO open
and notorious that you ought to find lit
tie difficulty in obtaining ample evidence
for ali the purposes of public justice, and
the evidence already gathered is, it is to
be presumed, all ready for your use.
The same may be said of the violations
of law in the Town of Harrison n at
the Hotel Royal, and the place at, in or
near Henderson street, in the city OF
Hoboken. You will experience much
more difficulty in obtaining the evidence
necessary to indict the offenders in Jer-
sew City. The offense there has been
committed with greater secrecy n pre-
cautions. but your utmost n earnest
efforts are invoked in that direction.
And let me say here, that if at any time
you have, in relation to these matters,
any difficulty in the determination wheth-
er sufficient evidence or not has been
produced before you, or any difnculty, IN
Securing evidence, the Court will be glad
to have you avail yourself of It's inStruc-
lions and the exercise of all its just pow
ers in aid of the execution OF you du-
ties.
I hope this Grand Jury, nc member Of
Il will put himself In the position of a
member of the last Grand Jury. The al
legged proprietor and manager of Monte
| Carlo was arrested under what the off
GERS of the law considered ample evidence