The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-04-29

sion Of whatever they could conveniently
pettcosts vasss, te. dishes bras kettles So Thess
articles wese pawned At different pawnbrokers estAb-
lLhments. Hernance the confederate Of Canley, WAS
made witness for the people, and testified to the fact
glary and divided the stolen property between them
the part Of the defence tho proved good char
mony OF the prose cution The jury returned a verdict
OF guilty Of burglary in the second degree" The Cour
sentenced the prisoner to the State prison for five years
Arm 25.-Presertmert IF the Grand Jvy-Ths Grand
Jury of the Court Of Sessions made the ing pre-
sentiment at the close Of their abors for the April
The Grand Inquest Of the city and county OF New
known the Tombs, II, In its present condition, made
quate for the purposes for which is used Is for OBJ
vious important that but person should be
confined IN cell at the same time, instead Of which,
there Is average Of two Owing 10 this
crowded state the prison the keeper unable to make
that classification VI prisoners their perously call
for Juvenile offenders, who charged with some
petty placed under the tuition Of old crmi
rails, under Whose precepts and examples they
graduate accomplished rogues.
For the peace and safety Of society Is necessary that
the criminal should be placed where society will be freed
from his depredaions To accomplish this the State has
erected at great expense prisons where tn malefsctor
is deprived OF his liberty and compelled 10 labor for his
and the support Of the State Society the
right go step further and keep in confinement
ignorant witness who might be tempered with by the
friends Of the prisoner sbscond before day of
trial. but this cannot be done unless in of extreme
necesSity and when such oases do exist justice and
humanity both require that he should have pleasant
apartment; he should he well fed and well paid as
the keepers he should have library If choice reading
intellectual that might help 10 remove the tediousness
Of his incarceration Instead. however, Of any of
there privileges being granted TO him. he is deprived Of
then all, and compelled to associate with the most
alardorcd Of his raceo eat the felons focd-to lie
the t,cns bedand what is to be compelled, day
after day. and sometimes month after month, to Ehae
the infectious moral poison Of that dreadful place.
This nuisance has been frequently presented to the
count by former grand Jurors, but the evil still
tnues and to give, possible additional force to
ordinary presentation the Grand Inquest take the liberty
of requesting your Honor and the members of the New
ACr tar 10 ~ and o
have this evil removed
We would call upon his honor, the Mayor, to urge
upon city authorities the necessity Of protecting in
nCcent witnesses and those youths from the nlu
ences that surround them We appeal particularly to
the humanity of each member of the Common Council,
devise for the immediate removal of this moral
pest-ths curse and disgrace to city. We invoke
the aid OF the press to give publicity To the fact that
the evil may be oycrloSke by the proper authori
ties. 3. VAN NOSTRAND, Foreman.
J r. TnloH, Secretaries
CHas q. LEIcu, ~
Grand jury Rooms April IS, 1851.