Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-07-27
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SEIZED LIQUOR
City Hospital Among Those
to Receive Liquor Seized
at South River

[By Evening News STAFF Correspondent
NEW BRUNSWICK. July 27.-
Orders given today by Judge DAILY
for the disposition of thirteen bar
rels of liquor seized in the recent
raid at South River. The order
provides for the distribution of the
liquor to the city hospitals of Perth
Amboy. South Amboy. st. Peters
Hospital. New Brunswick, and the
Middlesex Hospital, at New Bruns-
wick.
Under the impression that five
barrels stored in the court house
contained grain alcohol, Judge DAILY
this morning gave orders that three
barrels were to be given to the New
Brunswick and two barrels to tho
Perth Amboy and South Amboy hos
pitfalls, but changed his ruling when
he discovered that there were thir-
teen barrels Of whiskey in the lot.
Edmund Hayes, the court crier,
who has Jurisdiction over the liquor,
Squibbs laboratory to make
chemical analysis of the contents of
the barrels to determine what pro-
portion of the liquor is suitable for
medical purposes.
When the analysis is completed,
that portion of the stuff which has
been found to be suitable for hos
pital use will be divided between
the above mentioned hospitals, the
basis of the distribution being the
number of patients cared for during
| the past year by each institution.
The county records of the hospitals
will be consulted to determine the
amount of the contraband liquor
that each hospital will receive.
Hear Local Liquor Case.
Because a search warrant has been
| Because a search warrant had been
obtained under suspicion Of viola
| ton, instead of under belief. the
| case against Martin Marcel, as bar
| tender, and Nathan Cohen and John
Moritko. as owners, was dismissed
| by Judge Peter +. DAILY, sitting as
| magistrate, in the county court this
morning. These men conduct an
establishment at the corner of State
and Wayne streets. Perth Amboy.
Senator Thomas Brown represented
| the defendants. and at the opening
| of the hearing requested a dismissal
| on the ground that the search war
rant had not been obtained cor
| rectly. and that the search was not
carried out in accordance with the
terms OF the state law.
After the senator had ruled for
dismissal of the charge, because the
search warrant had been obtained
incorrectly. and because copy or
the search warrant had not been left
with the party in charge of the es-
tablishment which had been raided.
but instead a copy of the affidavit,
the court decided to dismiss the
complaint.
Judge DAILY stated that something
must be done in this county so that
papers in connection with state vio-
lations may be drawn up in accord
ance with the law. He stated that
he would not do the advising in
preparation of such cases. and that
inasmuch as the prosecutor and as
sistant prosecutor are busily engaged
with other cases, some provision
should be made in the law to allow
an attorney to be chosen to prepare
the papers.
Other Cases Today.
There are about twenty other
cases of liquor violations scheduled
to be heard today, but there is little
hope of completing the list. and the
violations are continuing to pile up.