The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-10-21
General Sessions.


Before Recorder Tallmadge and Judge Lynch.
NJ. J. BACON, Esq. acting as District Attorney.
the following nressntmsn hicI was read snSshs thsnss
OF the court returned to the members when they we're dis
charges for the term.
Of the Court Of General Sessions in and for the city and
county Of New York. respectfully represent that in dis
charge Of duty established by custom they have visited
the several humane and criminal institutions under the
control Of the City Government viz the Almshouse the
Long Island Farm the Lunstic Asylum and Pentenary
under the very able Of the Board Of Commits
soners and the several Superintendent Physicians and
all that be expected from them relates 20 or
der cleanliness and comfort of the inmates The whole
and other dsue Children and iunstc. & now sso Of
which 27i2 in the Almshouse department and 1857 in
the several prsons Of the 27l in the Almshouse $50
in the Hospitals at Bellevue; 329 unatcs in the Asy
lum upon Blackwelrs Island, and 79l children &C. at
the Long island Farms and nurseries, leaving 1886 in the
penentary department at Bellevue sos females and 4la
males in the prison Blackwelrs sland and
hs atty the % s Q, ds
thropy Of the city and deserves the high commentator
OF s but will require to be extended and enlarged
long The old building upon Blackwells Island, used
hospital for females Il inadequate to their accommoda
ton, and requires to be enlarged The cost Of which, it
the schools the Long Island Farms for the pauper chill
dren the Grand Jury would speak in terms Of high
mendaton To witness several hundreds Of these help
less beings carefully nursed and educated by public
bounty and watched by the Commissioners and Pub
lie School Trustees carries along with the spectacle feel
ngs congenal with best desires is however pain
full to that much Of that loathsome disease the ophal
ma and its dreul effects yet visible among the chill
dren and the Grand Jury would entertain the hope that
further efforts would be made eradicate IT, OF the
large number Of 1896 in the Amshouse proper the
perntendant informed the Jury tn there 900
spri,uous liquors, are capable Of earning their own
substance, at least doing much towards IT,
wrh their own views call the attention Of the public a
thories to the subject Believing, that by united effort
their part and that Of the very efficient board of com
missoners plan employ and make silabe the labor
Of all SUCH by the cssbshn ent Of warehouses and farm
labor schools upon of the islands upon OF the
Long Island Farms already owned by the public, may be
accomplished Very lttle any, argument need be ad.
vsnced support Of the suggestion il is manifest that
to compel the drunkard and dlsr TO work within work
number OF farm school for labor &C.. for minors Of
both such exist in the vicinity Of Boston, be
the corporation, would be asylum for that
class Of minors who providing about our
thsm but rather aided by bad advice and
dssoute parents resulting their ruin and they
found In amshouse, pentehtsry theb rothel
Burglary in the First psgree.-Danie Price, native OF
Ulster county in this State and Elisha Morris deck
builder, native Of Monmouth County, Nj tried
cby ensernS the dwelling house Of John Ball Of Gas
Washington street. the night of the7th Of September
and stealing clothing and housekeeping articles valued
S223 large portion Of the stolen articles
vere and they the commission Of the deed
well as the sale of the clsihing recovered Previous 10
trial aS
800 '"''''s r NEW Yoax Oct 1880
the Indictment that philed not City to we plead
gto to and we Bag mursy Of the court hoping thay will
censdr we hare poor helpless meleys don the rash
act in bit Of drunkn and Good have returned TIL
hav returnd the goods to mister Ball he would
speek in Behso the his goods he would spak
to the cout a Posbl and we humbey bag that
git our liberty again will obay the loss of good and
mann and lead sober onist upright life and are