Clipping:Crackdown on Sunday ball at Ridgewood
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| Date | Tuesday, September 17, 1889 |
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| Text | The Grand Jury, which has been investigating Sunday base ball at Ridgewood, closed its session this afternoon [9/17] and handed in a large number if indictments. One of these is reported to be against the Ridgewood Amusement Company and Ridgewood Park, where base ball is played on Sunday. The attempt to have Mr. Charles H. Byrne and the members of the Brooklyn base ball team indicted individually did not find favor with the Grand Jury. Brooklyn Eagle September 17, 1889 A plea of not guilty was entered before Judge Cullen in the Supreme Court, Long Island City, yesterday, by the Ridgewood Exhibition Company, in answer to the indictment found against the company by the Queens County Grand Jury for Sunday base ball playing at Ridgewood Park. The case was set down for trial on Oct. 21. The Philadelphia Item October 10, 1889 [following a detailed description of the court proceedings] The jury retired at 4:30 o’clock under a charge from Judge Cullen, which was virtually a direction to convect. Nevertheless the jury had views of its own which were kept in heated debate for six hours without an agreement being reached and at 10:10 o’clock they were discharged. The vote stood nine for acquittal and three for conviction. Brooklyn Eagle October 23, 1889 |
| Source | Brooklyn Eagle |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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