Evening journal., 1908-08-31
LIQUOR CASES
in CITY COURT
City Was wet Yesterday,
But Police Rounded Up
the Offenders
BIG QUARTERLY AFTERMATH

There were other wet places about this
city yesterday besides the ChristianA
river. But the law stalked abroad and for
the first Sunday in some time several ar
rests were made for alleged illegal liquor
selling or keeping for sale. Complications
developed in City Court this morning
however, when the persons arrested ap-
peared for a hearing. For all that. how
ever. the way the law was enforced IN
these parts would be a credit to Atlantic
City, where yesterday, according 20 re-
ports, the only available fluid was the At
lanuc oBean.
Chief of Police Black is now going to
ascertain If possible, where the liquor that
was sold yesterday came from. In three
cases that were heard before Iudg Coch-
ran, each pleaded that he had got the
liquor from some other source and was
not selling it himself" The police are
going to try to find the 'other source"
There were four cases all told this morn
ing in City Court and all the participants
were colored persons. A stin fine was i'm
posed on James Burton Maggie Dillon
a colored girl. appeared again him. Also
Patrolman Dutton, who made the arrest
The girl or rather woman, although she
looks more like a girl, said that she
bought whiskey from Burton yesterday
at the corner Of Front and Market streets.
Patrolman Dutton. who was sleuthing in
the neighborhood. happened along in time
TO see the transaction and followed tho
colored woman round the corner where he
asked her what she had. She showed him
half pint. Then he went back after Bur.
ton and in his room found more whiskey.
After hearing the testimony against the
colored man, Judge Cochran fined him $50
and costs.
She Was After Whiskey.
The other three cases were those OF
Wallace Starley, William Brice and James
Martin. Mariah Collins colored woman
was the star witness. She came to the city
yesterday from somewhere in the country
in order OF buy some whisxey She said
she got some from, starley
starley explained that he went out Ia
get the woman the liquor He said he met
with William Brice. Brice. he said. ther
went and got the whiskey. Where did n,
get ii? starley didn't know that.
Starley took the LIQUOR to the woman
then. he said. and that was all he knew
about IT,
William Brice was then called. He sal,
that he got the whiskey from another
He never had seen the men before. n,
said.
James Martin was next arragned. Mar
tin was alleged to have sold more whisxe,
to the Collins woman. Helsaid that he go
1t from a white man but couldn't tell who
the man was
IT was a sort Of a relay arrangement
the court thought. The scene was in IN,
vicinity of Front and TatnaT streets Hur
ried conclusions took place between Judge
Cochran and Chief Black. Then the court
said that the charges against the three
would be continued until Thursday
Wants to Find the Source.
In the meantime" said Judge Cochran
you want to find out where that liquor
came from. This illegal selling has got Il
be stopped. If you say you bought II
from some one else for another party
then find out who that someone else Is
The court doesn't want to fine you IL you
did not have the liquor yourself But the
chief Of police is trying to put a stop "a
this Sunday business. You better commu.
nicate to him the name OF the person YOU
got the liquor from and where YOU got Il. "
The colored men agreed they didn't
know who the main dispenser OF the LIQUID
refreshments was. The police will make
an effort to find out however. and It 4,
likely that stringent action will be taken