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

rfgul1tlO when pI-ODeTe zee tD6r OuLlC6
Of The pTiseD il very bad 0n9; the prisoners ess the
benefit of o0mpetion; vnen al lawyers could 20 in
eide The prior the prisoners ban chance 10 make
the bee bargain they could; nO~ 1t is tobsoa oooce
the keepers ls~ye or none becs1ss wenld not pay
40 per ce0t bad no more business; II man Wa ar
rested with 500 10 hl- pocket he would probably have
rolling when he out; l. would be pretty well
divided ! have myself been sent for a. counsel by
frienos Of the sceused and when / attempted 70 zee
the prisoner been told that was no. required, that
the prisoner bso engaged aDo. ner have now
wbeIe lady th 81 had accused of crine sent fer
me ard when ! seLt in 20 the prison 70 see ber word
cane cut that aLetber party bad been engaged and she
die MT ant 'Osfe sferward che 10 my office,
ash ed nae why had BOT Gene TO see her; told her
tae state of the care, and that | informed she
did nt want me- and she said that che never gave me
any such directors at ALL and she had paid smother
lawyer $50 and be he'd never aIen ed to her csse a.
all; have every 10 son to believe that police officers
levy black ali keepers of houses OF Prostitution ~
q consideration for not reporting them. There are suck
things IS runners for houses OF PROSTITUTION; know
that SoneD Who keep eueh houses have oeeo arrested
ard locted up station hssses ali night taken 70 the
Court 10 he IN roIDg s1d committed temporarily or
fully unit t eos; them el ht or tor dollars apiece be-
fore thew could get out, Gey paid tins % haagers- on
TO inte1cede with the ma strstes for them, Justice
cost them S10 sbd then Ia two or three weeks toey
were heeoed again; tkat 10 part of the ski0ning"
business; there was csse abort time ago ia Mercer
st. the WOMAN rho keeps the house is considered 70
keep very quiet, re- peetabie a0ase She left the city
for some two three weeks, sud on her return she
found her house full Of officers who arrested her and her
EIls, although sbe lad BEN caught olt in q rain
storm and VA qoia vet; they were taken to he s,s-
ton house for The Light asd then 10 the Court, and
Temporarily COMMITTED, and told that it woald cost
them 30 much nooey 70 get clear; the sent for
me; asked the officer where the adidavi. vas on
which proceedings had been had; he oodged that
question: and then sssed hun fer the warrant of ar
rect, aid be gave me an evssve sns yer; the woman
was sitting IL the back room in the Police Court; is 10
too OF en- e case that such wemea there, 10 the
exclusion Of decent wsneI INFESTED that she soouid
be admitted TO bail or discharged, and she was dis
charged, but it cost her aud these girls from $50 70
500. The magistrate whs scted 10 tbst case Is nov
in office; ii il neither Jldge Davidson, Judge
Osborne, Dor JUDGE We ch; think Police Justices
might be imDes he'd by the Comm,n Couscil; they
certainly may be | oicted; the great trouble lie the
want of men Of sufficient knowledge as Justices; If
cleo ed at all hey sboad be elected BY the county Ct
large and no. BY districts, since their Jurisdiction
extends over the county; their warrants are good
throughout the STATE; soue Of them send TO the Dis
tict Attorney sometines 10 know whether tbey have
sufficient evidence to hold for Trial. but it il tbs duty