New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-07

a CsrperSiien ordinance; 30 bsver sona Q aaa .
the pesit~bh.ry So' petty hrsesy, such sases goo
the Govt OF X ssh rs; In very small ssses II peHy
larceny W. ssue'imes send ~ prisoners % vagrash;
The fIes for drSpse pDess are paid ever 70 u
cl-rt, who every month pays them to the City
Chamberlain; moneys colleetei IN the city prison
are p.id dir sly 20 The Governors Of the Alns-
Hossa; We tax bail sscordsg 10 crssustaaces, and
ger orally are sAs6so ~tb the solvency 81 the bttt
the bondsnan bineef s~' as thst he o~cs sans'st
properly; thers 10 considerable straw ban aoeat q
trough ROM has ever been offered 70 M mere sc
per.ens WI get their living by going b. for ether;
sssee Of vssrspcy generally depend on the feen noty
OF police ofiesn; I cssnst specify aoy ,sse weeros
pcicemA an has n st6ed bis Snimoity AGAINST woman
by getting her cent u n vssrsnt have heard o.
men getting thsir elves sen up a. hsbitaA drusk
ards when they not So; SONS sach cases nay
bsvs parsed se; il yeu iuqnire Of Mr. Kellogg you
y il fId that good may husbands are psviog their
wives board On the Island 70 KEEP hem from drink;
when hubbard cones to complain OF . wife, or wife
OF o husband, We generally require q witness, bat
have bnosn Of esses IN which wives aud busbsaas
have been sent up on the simple afidaviss Of esee
other police sic-rs 70 n~tmae keep prisoners Ia their
custody, though II presuued 20 officer slll dare DC
20 upe.s su horned by the msyi-rste; the standiag
and il fueIce Of the prssner may have sometas 70
90 wit, IL sometimes in vsse OF an escse the Dagis
trsfs would be responsible 70 the q and Jury; DeveT
knew an officer 70 receive collar for such service,
bat presnBs they Sometimes paid for 1t; oar pe-
iceuen are det,iltd ny the Mayor tney have lately
been tran sertd oa Il Te0bs to Csart; tAewe
Ia 20 way OF 6feips out sov mary prisoner ere
so go to 70 stlsrgs this ilce the record showa
them al 20 bav. been IN prison; i've Justices are
to our Court; salary 600 pear and
Q bill has been pared allowing Sunday pay, bat it
has never been paid; properly taken fron prisoners
and never reclaimed shoui be so for the bsnedt OF
the city, per,ons are frequently imprisoned on sus-
picion aud without afidsvits for day tRo; have
bad about Dozen cosrses AZ >nst houses OF prostitu
tor never heard Of >ty Of these being prose-
cu,td % convict 7; such thi never as heard Of
in New-York; never heard of black mail osiag levied
Oh ou.es OF prostitution TO- etc ion purposes or for
tare e. excursion often receive Invitations to a.
tend balls never hesrc OF any agreement among Po-
lice ma, srstes not 10 listen 10 complaints which had
been refused by any of hem; We often refuse When
they aye cut Of cur Dis,ric; | have know
of but one m-etiag Of tho Police M,yistrates
dufipx the yesi pas, anc that in reference TO
the P,ohibnory is~; all sgreed then upon oh Ct
ing The le in Of intoxlcatOs; II wsre going 70
remain in cfiice, | YOU'D nave my Own 9th ,e's TO
serve nv zsrrants; Won 1T take the Mayors mem
we never fee and by the instructions Of the Mayor
officers on ward duty have requeutly been kaown 70
Tefuse 10 wsrrs' IT, and there Is no way pun
stDg Il gu sxee9t th,eugn tie Bosrd Of Poiee Com
missioners think the system Of detailing officers is
bad; the may i-ir,t should select his own; hsvs q
la Iox under sbich policemen are foreiddeu to 90
ou' of the c,ulty except by the permission VI tbs
May OF, and sometimes he ends OF justice might be
detected by making The cs-e sno"n TO anybody; the
idea of sltc ing the nsx istrafes Ia very bad one.
WiDism Roome, sSou-Wss appointed Poh,e
Justice in April ls45 ID served three yesrs; there
were en- two Police Cours, and another was Ia con-
ten plstiou; H. Oawad sppsa snce, the Poice.CesrU
ave Low Conducted pretty much as when l vas jus
tice; have ef,er b,,n sppso 10 by Policemen to 90.
o. counsel for prisoners, but much more equently BY
fri, nos Of prpouers have so we'd brokerage 70 keep
ers of prisons and to Policemen, on fees as council
but not within the last eighteen mont,s; stolen proc
cry ec-s into he banos OF the property clerk; wsen
left office the s'oLp ,opery not identified wa, in the
bspds Of the clerk Mr.. MOuntforc the brokerage was
q sort of tasit UNDERSTANDING without say specihc
agreement; The rate war 33s y c-pt; the brokers are
Nso Policemen well a. detailed Policemen knsw
Of 10 cases where the Court nas exercised any inter.
ference in relation to council except " provide for
poor prior eIs; complaints we're frequent against
otery policy shops 81 houses Of prostitution daring
my Justce.bip; opposite my office window
pclicy-sbop wheie q great many e,lor-d people
and Others 20 every day; While Justice, he
no iced that many obildrsH would 'tesl small
artc es IKE lead pipe and cell 1t TO buy policies While
they suffered for the heetss.res of life; there s con
siderable difficulty in obtaining evidence against the
policy ops generally, bat 10 this case the police
Us. kDo it uprss they willfally shu, tner eyes;
the Clerk Of the Market Mr. DAILY, visits tnere sach
safety say that the sy-tsn Of brokerage is generally
understood do Ioi think the practice existed while
wss a magistrate Tor | fr"wned down everything
like shysttriog; the mosey paid the officers their
commission ID called loan USED TO oaa to them,
srd have never yet fit to call 10 the loans when
ttopped lending thy stopped Bringing basinsss; the
pI esent law lie sbut0sn, Sufficient 10 suppress policy
offics tn nix remtmbe OF ore case OF sale Ofstoen
property curing my Ter of oice The rule Is to take
MOI ey from persons arrested and keep II IN a safe
place, but it is seldom followed Mr., OK aefe here
ielated the OF = German who on being arrested,
sent for counsel, aud named the council, and the
dice officers refused for two or taree day, to permit
the couI sci 10 come and at last the German
pel.c TO tshe nelswyer recommended by tn, keeper
Of toe prison.. Straw bail, 80 understand II is when
pers0n comes up ard sweais III t he owns property
which he dot not own; professional bail. man makes
it business TO go bail for aud may so ne.ineo
be DOLL for one humid men; have eqnenty, whom
convinced Of the innocence OF man, asked to have
bin placed iu my c1ar, e, add it has been done; l
have kLos parties TO be imprisoned for tn o. or four
weeks before examination preiext of The absence of
witt esses they are frequently Imprisoned for several
days.
Daniel w. Clark, swOrn-Is lawyer and an Ex-
Police Justice, and is scquained with the mose of pro-
ceeoiDg at the T0mbs; when prisoner Is arrested If
he has any money the first thing 10 TO teeg -aph to
favore law er; TO ,be wnO will pay tne largest
per eel ias bis fses when the prisoner s brought
fore the mag sSse he 10 very frequently taken into
soe room and there bept until tne geserous hwyer
sppears; only Pecerous 40 per cent lawyers ara al
ed TO 20 INTO the prison the prissLer the new
nj atom by which prisoners their la Eyas outsde
Of The pTiseD very bad 0n9 the prisoners ess the
be neft of o0mpeton; wnen al lawyers could 20 in-
sjde The pIkors, the prisoners bao chance 10 make
the bes bsrg they could it Hobsoas oooice;
The keepers lazy none; becs1ss wolld not pay
40 per ceot bad no more business; if man va
rested with $500 10 h- pocket he would probably have
OihiDg when he out; l. would be pretty Wei
tivideo | have myself been sent for a. counsel by
rienos of the sceused, and when attempted 70 zee
tie prisoner been told that | required, that
he prisoner bso engaged aDo her; have q case now
lady th 81 had accused of crine sent fer
De ard when seLt in 10 the prison 70 see ber word
cut that aLetber party bad been engaged and she
die MT ant 'o,ste ae; serward che my office,
sss ed nae why had BOT Gene TO see her; told her
&c state OF the care, and that was informed she
did 1T want me- and she said that che never gave me
any such directors at ALL and she had paid smother