The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-07

1ST YEAR UNDER
PROHIBITION
Police Court Shows Decrease
of S,133 Cases Under
Previous Year.

Regarding tlanta's first years ex-
perience under prohibition, The Attain
t. Journal on the last day OF the old
year sums up the situation as follows:
Big Decrease in DRINKS.
Prohibition in Atlanta caused a big
decrease in all kinds Of police court
business for the year ending at mid
night Thursday, December 31st,
though the greatest falling OF was
experienced in the number OF cases
entered for drunkenness. The total
number OF cases tried as well as tHe
number of juveniles arraisaed before
the recorder was much smaller than
IN 1907.
For some time past each year has
shown an increase over the previous,
but this year such was not the case
| Nineteen naught seven proved the
banner year tor the police court In
every respect, prohibition cutting
down tne amount in fines and total
number of cases tried this year.
1908 Less DRINKS.
The number of cases entered Tor
| drunkenness this year was smaller by
903 than the total number tried In
| 1907. During the year there have
| 80
| fore the recorder for drunkenness and
| III a majority of the cases we're Civ
en- the usual fine of S5.75. Last year
the regular fine for drunkenness was
only 1916, but after the prohibition
| law went into effect il was increased
| 81. There were $3.50 drunk cases
tried during 1907.
The drunk cases for last year were
| half as large as the total number of
cases tried in police court during the
whole of 1908, and almost Three times
as great as the drunk cases entered
this year 4 large number of those
arraigned for drunkenness were plac-
ed on probation under the care of Pro-
baton OFFICER S. G. COOglec.
| 1888 Less Cases.
| Recorder BToyleS disposed of 1880
/ cases this year, while N 1907 there
/ we're 22,013 defendants brought before
MIN for alleged violations Of the city
laws. This shows a decrease of S,133
| ia the total number of cases tried
during the year. @
The greatest falling of vas in the
number of drunk cases, although all
kinds showed a big decrease. Had the
number of cases for drunkenness been
a. large this year as last the total
number of cases would have been near
! iy as large as in 1907. According to
| the opinions of toe court officials it
was prohibition which caused the de-
| crease.
Of the total number of cases tried
this year ,122 were against Juveniles,
that is, boys under fifteen years of
age For the corresponding time last
year 1918 Juveniles were tried, show
| ing a decrease of 1876 cases this year
The majority Of the juveniles were
placed on probation instead of fines
being imposed.
! Decrease in December.
| In December last year So defend
ants were arraigned for being drunk
on the streets of the city, while for
December this year only 437 cases
for drunkenness were entered This
| plainly shows that prohibition has
lsssened drunkenness at least one
half.
During 1907 the average number OF
cases tried each month by the court
was 1885, while last year IL has av-
eIaged but 1,I56 per mOnt1.- The to-
tai number of dTunks tried IN Decem-
! her, 1907, was almost as large as
the total number of cases tried each
month this year.
! AIabama's Tooth-PuIIing.