Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-11-26
Judge Daily to Hear Pleas OF
Many Indicted at Grand
Jury Session, in Court.
MANY TIPPED OFF"
So Says Prosecutor Stricken.
Many of Those Indicted
Charged With Booze Sales

NEW BRUNSWICK, Nov. 26. -
The grand jury, at its extraordinary
session held Wednesday, turned In
fifty-five indictments, which includ-
ed a large number of true bills
against saloon-keepers in the county
charged with violating the state law
In selling liquor without a license.
Prosecutor Joseph Z. Stricken stat
ed this morning that all the whiskey
selling cases which had been pre-
pared by his detectives were before
the grand jury Wednesday but there
were a few which were not ready
to be up for consideration.
1t is understood that the grand
jury consumed considerable time In
vestigating the details of the silk
robbery from a Pennsylvania train
near Metuchen early Sunday morn
ing. 1t was reported that about
ninety cases in all were to come be-
fore the jury for consideration We'd
nesday.
The saloon-keepers against whom
true bills were found will be arrest
ed within a day or two and be ar
raigned before Judge Peter F. DAILY
and given a chance to plea.
Indictments are said to have been
found against all of the Jamesburg
men, charged with violating the
state law, several weeks ago when
out t-of-town detectives invaded that
place to secure evidence. The men
indicted by the grand jury will be
arrested tomorrow. it is said, and
given an opportunity to plead either
then or Monday.
Although he withheld the name
OF the proprietor of the place or its
location, Prosecutor Stricken told Of
one place which the detectives visit :
ed last week and found doing wide
open business and which was again
visited yesterday and was still going
full blast. AS evidence, some of the
stuff being sold in the place was
taken and will be examined. The
proprietor of this place was one Of
those indicted by the grand jury
Wednesday.
According to the prosecutor, It Is
the duty OF every citizen to report
TO his Office any liquor violations. II
| Is not necessary for one to be m
official detective to gather tn1l
evidence.
All the cases OF salo0n-keeper.
who were charged with selling
liquor without state license by rep-
rescntatives of the prosecutors Of
| fee that were ready were placed
| DeIOre the Speclal Session OF tu9
grand jury, said Prosecutor Joseph
T.. Stricken today. These cases were
| from all sections of the county. ex-
cept New Brunswick. where the To-
cal police are cleaning up the city,
and have not reported their findings
to the prosecutors Office as yet.
Several of the cases were from
Roosevelt. The cases from that bor-
ough were all turned in by Chief OF
| Police Harrington, who worked
| without the assistance of the prose-
cutor's men. said Mr.. Stricken.
The prosecutor said that the state
ment that his men had dressed as
workmen In order to get evidence
against the saloon keepers was moi
true. Although a couple of the men
dressed as workmen, the rest wore
regular clothes and did not attempt
to trap anyone into selling the stuff
to them. The men sent out, this
prosecutor said, were told not to re.
sort to these tactics. but to go in and
try to make a purchase. and If the,
did not get the stuff it was OF just
as much importance to the prosecu.
tors Office as if they did.
"They did not get evidence ir
every place." said the prosecutor
"as some of the places had been
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