This Day in History: 1860-10-13
At a meeting of the elders of the Ramapo Reformed Church with Pastor William Demarest in the chair, Judge David Christie was tried for intoxication on the highway between Mahwah and Hackensack. He denied that he was drunk, but witnesses, including John A. Winter, G. Hopper Van Horn and Garret Van Riper who accompanied him on the day in question, September 4th, testified as to his behavior and the Judge was declared guilty. He was “affectionately exhorted henceforth to refrain from the practice”. (Bristow)