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Drink Traffic Blamed for Most New York Arrests

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Feb 18, 1889

FromThe Signs of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 7

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Drink Traffic Blamed for Most New York Arrests

THE official report of the New York Police Department for the year 1887 furnishes some interesting and suggestive statistics. Of the 81,176 arrests made during the year, 28,337 were for drunkenness, 4,708 for violation of the excise laws, and 25,638 for crimes attributable to the use of intoxicants. This makes a total of 58,673 arrests, or about two-thirds of the whole due to the drink traffic.—N. Y. Observer.