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Show NEW YORK POLICE I PAY NO ATTENTION TO LIQUOR LAWS NEW YORK. Sept. 28. Statistics Statis-tics of arrest for drunkenness In New York tity during 1919 and 1920. Indicate that people who I use alcoholic drinks are adapting ) themselves to the situation and finding means of getting intoxicants." intoxi-cants." Chief City Magistrate Wil-I Wil-I Ham McAdoo declared in a statement state-ment la--Jt night. He said that while the figures showed a de-I de-I Crease in the arrests during tlie latter half of 1919. and the first . three months of 1920, there was an Increase in May and June ot this year. Magistrate McAdoo explained that under the federal law, "as construed by the United States supreme court, the state liquor tax law, though still on the statute stat-ute books. Is practically repealed and not ln effect " As no licenses can be Issued, he added, there s no necessity for police supervision to prevent infractions of the state I law. The enforcement of the law, therefore, appears to be entirely ln the bunds of the federal authorities," au-thorities," he added. |