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

Iossons That upon Sno
record
have thu. underworld to comply With the request Of
the Gr.pd Jury "a conveyed me In their r~s'usioo,
In - succiuct manner proper undsr,s, ndiag Of
the matter would allow.
Perhaps is would have been . sufficient compliance
with the rreolutton. II had coptented myself With
.tste ~ the result ut which arrived on
The subject 10 rsspsct to which they asked my oouios
IL bs. however, me only Httis lab I, eivs the
my decision and have mel tt be ,sass
believed It would be NOR. acceptable TO the Grant
jury, ss It vas more agreeable to me.
Whole number Of warrants in the Fen tentsry,
maEe ....... 2u
fe1siSs'' '.''......... ....''...... %6S
There records Of conviction fled In the GASES
OF w males, lfS females. as
Total number Of IDS fled. ........... OIL
Or these records the felo" ng ia true =
.. Invalid, BY reason Of clerical mistakes:
Males ....8
Females.
8. Invalid, for defect In substsnos in emitting
tcsssts the charge preferred the svdsuss to
support II or that the prisoner vas brought
Females. lbs
go
4. Invalid, because the offence charged IL power.
ty, sickness or restitution, and not vasrAoy.
Females. .142
--22o Sill
Uni. s'Sly nOs,son:d and entitled to :: forth
with discharged Males. .2sl
49, - A--. Females. .4ss-74s
74e
1 am with rsspeet,
Very truly yours, 60
J. w. EDMONDS.
Arumor prevails . great exte mt In the oom mu nifty
Halls OF Justice forn,sh to lawyvrs inormaon ~ to
the prisoners arrested aud sett az bail aud
other facilities for prisoners. maxstrste t.sinss
tat be believes such Lot performed without
cempenration lawyer testtd.s that he has usds
presents to them but not to the pessnt kespsrs AMI
another witness testrs that although he ha not seen
the menty change hands Yet he believes a. good
evidence he has Of the existence Of vssuviu, shat
II does.
Those officers are employed by the city, At l.rr.
expense, to do their part in OF the vossors
Of law to justice and should b. hsld .tcty thu per-
tends to prev. mt such results The commuoity have
tn tar that constant repetition OF this viii prepare
great allowance facilities req uirsd BY persou s ar
rested tor me to escaps from tction and nav
finally give direct 'c-n.e to crime BY .rraas-
ing before the act Tn prevent detection, instead
OF after 1t to esca " conviction.
CHILDREN.
The Grand Jury Informed by one connected With
the police what must bs evident to ALL that srrss
localities IT the city there huodrd d. of wrstohsd
children Of drupken diseased and d~.Lituts .r~ uts
walton. reared In cellars places uicy
and crime Ste ped in vice sod degradation. inursd
10 nn ns ara misery. tnry gr,. ~ '"to rhi"vss,
to virtue: FIR they have the misfortune from their
bir'h. to BE- taught nothing but uriminslity II By
any means. these children cou be from there
parents and rent to some proper pubic ustitusiou
end educated, to make them capable Of .oms honor
able pursuit in after life, VINO could caculsts the i'm
Meme evil that might be ntsd and the benefits
produced. -........
RxHUMlNG DEAD BODIES
II has been satisfactorily proved t. tho Jurv
that the work OF -xhumipg dead babies from she
Pot ersfed IL carried alarming extuat gsos.
Lumber If 80 per They are ala, Informed that
OF the boats bslonepg TO the bic has used
to convey aid bodies to the city. They are
OF the nty where they prepared 20 az to po.tpons
the upp-ssaut eject. of decsmposit,ou, psuk-d IN
boxes and rent TO d'feren parts OF the cou ntrv
O herr which are wanted for home cor. um otiou ar,
take INN. dstey to the d. mon traitors tsoe me
Grand Jury are aware that the csue ct Mad osl
Science r-qn,ies uhj.cts, but tary anos oou sye
that the public officer woo permits ths viost,ons Of
law; - jus.h.bls That tbs isa VOCATION Of ls~
Ulcers were viglant in the discharge Of thsr duties
COURT of SESSIONS.
One OF the greate't evils connected with ths admin
jerAtiop If ju tice in this the delay
the brpgit OF prisoners trial This has the sH ot
IN instances Of defeating the Of nstis. ~t
ut times 10 waiting for weeks. aud mstim a
for terms of the court without trial bsiug had rn.v
become tired and refuse to give tn.ir time
for the purpoe Of convictiug thief or burglar ant
by this means any criminals goes tree This ~hsa
patty charged Is basd, AID the COMEDIAN Mviox
In another State ia more especially tbs case The
collection This acts most hsrshiy upon xttus.ss,
nd shoud be medied. The prison ia seldom in INV
DINER IMAM crowccc condition. and at ut many
Of them appear TO be anxious have their trials
The Grssd Jury beev the on true way &, 70 a .dy
ths by sdoptinx come Of the plan. propossd Tor
either by making . new court OF eaual juri.,
dic'ton or increasing the powers Of the Court
Of Sp' cial Sessions and requiring double tho
amount OF time sp-nt In the trial of cxussa in tee
Geperal Sessions The court ut present OF gsnizsd
bse exi'isd sbout 20 ysars The iacr~ac crime has
;pe Grand Jury believe that the latter plan 1. d.oi.
dedly srs would rec an mend that the pc
OF the Speoia SsoAs should BE- increacd ~ such 81
ATtept to- try all Who will TO bs tr I'd with
out jnry those Who are expere nee i'd bet
ter qualified 7" judge should consider that sxtoat OF
With thi. additional power let the nav R.sordsr
open ~. O. urt at 10 A; NJ, at 2. VI. tsk- recess
mt, =, IN, n tit TIL ST. w. THIS you'd b. giving
IL now given, and would n our opinion, produce
The desired ETC. fauy soobt- however, sh ,u'd b.
three ~ It Ia now. to four weeks
The preseDt coprt holds y term Of three weak, oman
Ing about IL o'clock A. and closing nt3PM rhisis
Il ur b. urs per Gay or seventy 40 hours tn tscm
Nov increase the term n proposed, aud there woud
he 1e2 hours In the term for the trial II csu,.s -
IL leo cases be tried ia term a., AZ
present organized, It IL clear by this that ,d-r like
nces, 266 could bs tried in a term AZ ans,
qestd II It shoud b. urged thst the time !. too long
We have only to say that believe that the most OF
the lawyers In the oily. labor ger aud harder sod
but few If them are sb. to obtain BITTER comp ,nsa-
We believe short time spent this way. would cis.r
the p'hons q All wfo are ready for trial With ex-
that the new Recorder can br tho hnca
II that Court nd his facility for the SCAT 81 of busi
pe-e the Grand Inquest induced to hope thss ns
viii give II an -ecive teal and not pue tn city the
expense Of another court they brevs 1t uunsoss-
sary.
AIMS HOUSE DEPARTMENT
BY . compsr'son az the expsa--s Of thu Aims House
Department, which comprises the Aims H,use tn,
Pr'sors In the c'tv and ut 8isokw-s island tn Lupa
tic Asylum, and the Nursery at Rsuda'rs Island. fer
fev years back fnd hat they bee s.sadiiy
increasing; and 1T 80 fearful, rats tina. dsma ia
The most eerous consideration, aud the most active
and w~l.d'eested remedy In the yeac 1si3 the cost
vas 1881 0tO In the 1sis. 6v- y-srs stter Anu.
s6O"to At this rate Of increase IL viii require but
lev years fer the of this department to
sxceed the whole amouu Of present annual tax
In 1847 o Law passed creating com n scion h.v.
Ing cbsrps NJ the commu'at'on money received from
rmerspts and to compepsste any county in which
they might become . charge
The Governor NJ the STATE 10 his Ms.ssss. saws,
te stated that since the passage " the ts~s aud.l
70 upwsrds OF 800 600 ~mgeauts have arrived At the