The Jersey City news., 1901-08-10
EWARK CRUSADE
Six Complaints Accepted
Against Sunday Liquor
Sellers.
JUDGE NOW TAKES CHARGES
He Previously Refused to
Assist Mr.. Blacks
Campaign.
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Especial to 'sThe Jersey City News."1
| NEWARK, Aug 10. 1eoi-Six conn
plants against saloon-keepers for alleg-
ed violations Of the Sunday liquor law
! were taken at the Second precinct police
/ lstation by Acting Police Judge Pearson
Yesterday morning. The Complaints We're
offered by Edward S. Black, counsel for
! Unity Lodge of Good Tenplars, and were
preferred by William Huckle, the Jersey
lCity detective in the employ of the lodge.
| The complaints were against Harry
| Coleman, of Ne 465 Broad street, charged
with selling Huckle a pint bottle of beer
land three glasses of the same fluid on
lsSunday, July l. Charles Joss, No. 54s
| Broad street, charged with selling two
glasses of beer to complainant on Sunday,
July 14 Joseph Holmes, No So Belleville
avenue. charged with ceiling half pint
| of wliskey on Sunday, July Z; Elias and
Herman Goodman, No. SS Orange street,
charged with selling beer on sunday
| july ID: John Gilmour No. 5 Spring street,
charged with selling two glasses OF beer
on Sunday. July 7, and George I. Camp
bell No. 491 Broad street, charged with
selling one glass of sherry wine.
| Mr. Black says that complaints are
made according to certain form, wnlch
was decided upon by Professor Alker,
whom he saw yesterday. and himself.
I Captain DAILY said he thought Coleman's
and Goodmans licenses had been trans
ferred, and therefore the men could not
be held for what some one else had done.
Mr. Black said he was perfectly Wiling
to hold the two complaints over ana IN
vestigate them. He said he would pre-
sent the corrected complaints against the
two doubtful ones this afternoon.
The witnesses are the same in most IN
stances License Inspector Farrell name
appears on each complaint, as does that
of Miss Jean Geddes, No. 81 York street,
Jersey City, who worked with Huekle on
his rounds Richard Henry Swarts also
of No. 50 York street, Jersey City, is
given as a witness on several complaints,
while Mr. Black is given as one OF the
witnesses in the Coleman charge. Taking
the Campbell complaint as an example
the form used in the. complaint foilows:-
estate of New Jersey,
County of Essex, SIS.
civilian Huckle, residing at No %
York street. Jersey City, Hudson County,
New Jersey, Of full age, complains and
saws that on the seventh day of July, in
the wear nineteen hundred and one, the
said day being the Sabbath, commonly
called sunday, one George T. Campbell,
who keeps a liquor saloon at No. 4sl
Broad street, in the City OF NeWarh'
Essex County, New Jersey, and who is
the owner or tenant of said premises NO.
491 Broad street, in said City OIL newark
did unlawfully sell to deponent certain
Intoxicating liquor, to wit:-one glass OIL
sherry wine Of the measure OF half gill'
for which deponent paid the sum OF ten
cents, said sale being in violation OF sec
ton 6S of the Legislature of the state OF
New Jersey, entitled An act for the pun
ishment of crimes (Revision of 1881
Approved June, 1885,
sWherefore deponent pyays that said
George T.. Campbell be apprehended ana
hold to answer TO said complainant and
dealt with as law and justice may re-
quire. WILLIAM Ia .
Mr.. Black. in company with 1uckle,
called at the Second Precinct Police Court
st about 10 o'clock and after a snort
consultation with his companion stepped
forward to make his complaints. He was.
told to wait until the regular business
Of the court was out of the way. Cap
tain DAILY entered the court room a httie
later and shook hands with Mr.. Black,
telling him he was always welcome at the
station. He thanked the captain
After the court had disposed OF the
eases Of the day Mr.. Black presented his
complaints and Acting Judge PEARSON
who said he had seen the prosecutor took
them.
While Huckle was signing the docu-
ments a discussion took place between
the Judge and Mr.. Black. Mr.. Pearson
said he had been mfsrepresented as to
their former Interview, while Black said
that Pearson had refused to take any
complaint. as was told in the newspapers.
Justice of the Peace Oehring, acting clerk
of the Second Precinct Police Court, here
broke in. and said that Mr.. Black had
misrepresented him by saying that he
would not take complaint for violation
of the Sunday law, for he insisted he
had never refused Black.
Il beg your pardon. Judge, but you did
refuse me- said Black.
II did not" the Justice asserted. Il
was talking to you as deputy clerk OF the
second Criminal Court.
| The discussion continued for some min
utes Next Friday was set for the ex-
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