The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-01-10

r-rc,s city IN the Western World, containing ever
4oo GOO iobsbtAetc 10 felt ~ . strong prof Of the
~ the Mayor commits detained ustil discharged
BY him This prison IL free from the iutru-
with every appliance to facilitate the discharge Of
The Grand Jury visited . number Of the static.
bourSe and found most Of tn In good oouds
most Of them spprared to be They rsosive . large
tb.re are 10 many. that they have found It dm.
cnt to keep them In tbs places provided for them,
apd at such times they cannot b. any great
kept sepsrats further than TO sepsrste tn. sexes.
At the Sixth wsrd difficulty equally great appssrs In
reference to their place Of d-tsnon. They rscrivs
many that frequently more than dessu put In
shou'd ppose. not twelve feet
This evil IN the Sixth ward suppose. might he
immeds'ely their prison Of equal dimsnsions
pear to b. altogether unused for sSoh
as might be changed 10 another location. 90, It DEEM
ed Advisable this wasted for that, In
There h aiso in the upper part Of the building large
amount OF room which It appears ia totally uneccu.
Pied and might be used the sleeping rooms for tho
The Chief Of Police should cause to be fur.
n,;hed to each station house, blank receipts,
and when . prisoner is rent to the magistrats
the policeman who takes him should bs furnish
ed With Auch receipt. naming therein each article
taken from the prisoner which hts delivery OF pri
and property to the msgsrats should BE- signed
policeman to the captain, who shou'a preserve Il i.
Thu plan has supRssted itself TO the Grand Jurv
fm the examination Of the case that came to thor
knowledRs
On the night Of the 2sd Of January, 1s4s,
policeman Coyls, Of the FIRST ward, found a man In
MaTketdeld street. leaning against q wall unable to
speak s'sst hmseH He with the assistance Of four
Others took the man to the Station Hou'e Assistant
Captain Mcdaniel on duty there, examined him and
found he St4 10 in money besides papers, from
which he inferred his name WAS Cole. but hs entered
bis name the books Peter Smith. insane He
ncpd In ne he IRA M her al 0edt hpPA
oil night In the saDe condition. la the morning At
temps were made to arouse his een.ibt-s, by show
about o'clock A M he cent to the City Prison
by the polio. Coye who says that they attempted
to do, when they obtained carr aud carried him In
that way TO the City Prson lie alss took the pro.
petty and delivered to the Magisrste, who banded
It 10 the Cltik The Grand IEquest examined the
entity ade In the book at the Police Court, ~htoh
as fellows 81 paid for car.ase; pocket book:
money sI7is bills and $40 iu gold.
The Grand Jury sent for the late property clerk Who
Informed them shs. the property Vas stu. there s
Of the Grand Jury went to the office and found the
property They examined the coutsnts OF the pocket
FIVE pieces; $40 % in gold; SIC In paper;
$40 Unite States Bank bill; making. altogether S38
"a In good money besides the list OF valuable papers,
"a follows. and many other memorsodums VIZ
LIT Note for $50. In favor of John b Cola dated
April 10th, 1sa7, Benton Centre signed, Nathan P.
Cole
I'd Receipt for draft made for ESQ, dated New
York, October 9Th, 18i7. on Spooser At~ood& Co I,
Bankers London Drawn by Joseph Nc Murray In
Sd Note for 500 In favor Of John B. Cole. dated
Elmira arch 29th ls45; signed by Jonn Garth waite
and A. Garthwaite. Interest endorsed for two
years
December l4th l847; and draft to correspond drawn
by w Tapscott Liverpool Ia favor Of Iohn g. Cole,
on w. J 7: Tspscott New York This draft was
! only two days before the man was found
OH Note for $50 In favor Of John B. Cole; dated
| at Be pton Centre, and signed Platt Cole
| 9th Passengers check ticket, snttlipg John B.
Coe to pssssg- in thp Garrick to N-v York, dated
Liverpool, December l4th 1Sa7 signed by w. Taps
colt Il Co.
These are the facts in the case The Graud Jury
wi.h to call the attention Of the Court sud tbs
public authorities the want humanity exh bIted
in rtgsrd 10 this man He had jut arrived from Eu-
rope back to bis native State APPEAR. by papers
In bic essioDis found in the strst sud taken TO
the station house-semsinsd there from ak t. eight
hours and effort made to administer to mis- n-c-s
ties. hut put In cell with other prisoners This man
then likely. In the iDciprDt stages OF disoass
that miah' have been checked by the aid of pnysi
clan. He had the means TO pay; yet there va. none
lief Tbis the Graud Jury look at as IN ss outrageous
piece of tphOmanity
Notwith.tspdiug the evidence, In the mans pos
session, Of . meme. yet he was entered on the
books. and the return. by the name OF Peter
Smith; and charged with being in.ans mi, practice
Of entering fictitious liz rrquent: for ths
return out Of psrsous four admitted by
the sss'stant csptsin to be- The results OF this
practice are ffcpntIy shovn In this case -u one
respect iculary viz that the relatives of THE
man would stem to be precuded from having the
least knowledge Of bis death The Grand Inquest also
think that the OF the property 1t the Pc
lice Court should have been auff ,en to have in
ducsd rome Of the clerks masstrat-s to have ade
effort TO inform the fi~nss by giving publicity to
The facts, instead Of simply sending the msu to the
bospitsl where, as the Grand Jury Informed, he
| died with ship fever in Two or three days
A. evidence Of the facility by wb oh the relatives
| Of tba could have been informed. by those
Ulcers who Of the facts state that the
foreman Of the jury wrote the Postmaster at Emra
al in a weeks time the brother Of the dso.ssed
here. Bao tbis been done in the frat psoe, lsrgs
circle of relatives bosh here and in the Western psrr
tbia State would bavs bee relieved from The
ety and rupep'e they have suffered for almost year
The inquest had a number Of the officers OF the Pc
lice FRI M DIFF. rent sections, before them. With whom
the opinion wss general that the appointing power
were not sufficiently careful IN the selection Of men,
and that police should be appoi nted during good
behaviour Every officer was united in the opin-
ion that the appointment was always from poll.
teal influence; and tended to tie eventual de-
s'rp ction ,ef the usefulness OF the Police. One
officer stst-d that h~ tbouyh t fourth of bis
M fit to he the Police Another officer stated that
the appel ptipe poo bad appointed when
bad ntly out Of the state Prison.
and that there are four or Eve on hts pocs force
who ere morally unfit for the Office. or for duty.
The Grand Jury think that the OF tho policemen
shond have opportunity Of being detailed to the
Courts fbs Court of Se'sions In particular for the
~edRe Of tbose who live by crime. and
-rabe the by that menus to be made effective,
whsn they return to patrol duty
JUSTICES OF POLICE
In the Police Offices the DUTIES multifarous,
bracing only the criminal hut civil also
believed. large amount If equity we'll oh socery
hutipsn. the Grand Jury knew not where 70 begin
tow to proceed systematically, with xami nsticn Of
them
The property received at the Police Court 10
entered in book. put in parcels, b-red and d..
post. Win ,be Property Ckrk rhs delivery OF this
property order Of the prisoner FREQ
~ to bis lawyer and Tiers somemss ospted for by
bmst The delivers the verbal order of the
es'rafe and ert.re hs name authority. The Grand
Ju,y hpk that property taken from = known thief
money.
TO my btber than the person from whom It taken,
not TO them until after trial under tho drec-
ticr Of the Court The Grand Jury think that the
csI sheud take written order from the msR'strae
In the book that contains the description
Of property
They a'so believe that . great deal OF csre
lesspers exits with the magistrates In taking
bail. The O's'r,ct Attorney recon amends tho pass
age II law requiring two days. notice Of bail
Ia inquire . 10 the security He informs the Jury
thar has been returned 10 him In three fer
ept In ~sch he gives diH-rr mt rrsden ,es
and neither Of the nlAQea namAd In thA hQnda