The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-12-08

couA net say unless looked ct the record Of the 70
turns IN the ONCE these returns are made at periods
Of etx months; could furnish them IN TO you
O. OF house, Of prosituticns A. I must make the
reply the OF these places Is being taken
ney; each captain is charged 70 take the number Of
houses Of prostitution and assguaon, lottery shops
Mr.. Hopkins-That is for us I believe; what do you
make out to be the dsinc between houses of pros
u.ution and houses Of assignations
not in The sttsr Mr. Matss baSs you sa,s TIE rst
of january been informed OF any policeman receiving
morey from houses prostitution assgnaon for any
purposesf A. think sir, that there have been since
that time one Or two complaints OF that kind these will
be tiled before the Commissioner the records Of the
be had In evidence.
locations often for safety.
Q. Have you known Of policemen arresting
thieves taking from them their avails and then citing
them gos A. No, sir
Q DO you know what is meant by shaking fellow ups
Mr. stuyvesant--It is slang term. which means
catching thief taking all he has about him, and then
Q. Doyou know how many complaints have been made
in your Office Of gambling shops and houses Of prostu
they are taken before the magistrates.
prisoners, and which Is unclaimed A. They do not
allow anything to be unclaimed very long, return it
on order of the court giving 1t back to ts owner do
not know Of any property that Is unclaimed there are
happy to send the clerk up with to explain
q DO you know of money being paid to policemen for
private service such as attending at the Crystal Palace
and such hkes A. have heard Of these things but do
not know Of 1t OF my own knowledge
Mr.. HopkiDs-Have you been informed Of these evil
officers and awyerss A. have not been infor med by
any one that was willing to give legal testimony have
heard i by ramor have frequently asked for adayits
ties, they will not OF course crimnate themselves.
Mr. Hoplins--Bus these things are generally under.
nOI A. There rllmor6 to that effect.
Q. Have you instituted means to ascertain the
truth of the A. Frequently but could not get
the legal facts for the reason have given.
Q. What means hsve you trieds A. have sect for
parties who saic to know
MIR. HopkinsIs there thing would like to sug
gest to this commttees A. No, sir.
Mr.. James M. Murray, clerk at the Jefferson Market
that persons confined in of basardy sometimes
held in prison awaiting examination for one
weeks, unless they can furnish bail have heard, but
cannot of knowledge say, that lawyers in
habit Of paying policemen for preference given ia
OF arrests by them If it is doae it is kept close in
front of the desk believe 1t is difficult for sone lawyers
TO get seeing prisoners confined in their cells; Ihave
heard Complaints this point; there Is very tri1ng
amount property left unclaimed at time and that
the owners do not think worth carrying away;
have bad no sale il would not pay the expense of
timony during the absence Of the magistrate, other
than in the event u his being cale out FOX few minutes
to attend to business nor have ever known clerk to
decide In any requested by the Court Of
Sessions clerk to file the bail bonds to keep the peace
in the Police Court because o. the accumulation Of papers
in bis Office.
Mr.. james Nesbtt. Of the Tombs, testified II pro-
perry clerk at the Tobs; succeeded Judge Stuart who
left small amount Of property sti unclaimed March
10, 1854 had saleMr. Osgood the auctioneer sell
ing-and realized $257 or there but article of
value in the 2t and that piece Of copper; have
received monty from prisoners which could not, for
some unknown, tfterward find, and lately paid
10 10 in a case Of this sort; also know Of
where receipt has been given-as "Per ]. Nes-
bite Of which record exists and to which property
corresponds have lately sold property consisting of
barrel of turpentne lard and hams which fetched
$780, all these moneys are paid to the Chamberlain
and receipts taken; have known Of where
the clerk has taken testimony aupg the absence Of the
magistrate, who did not know what doubt
whether $500 would go very far with trying get
out Of prison he had 1t IL his but he might
have considerable Of it left in the proper place.
for do not pay orders Of prisoners to lawyers and
sued in case of such kind lately, when verdict was
rendered against me.
Mr. John Ialor of the Essex market police court was
next examined-He said, have been property clerk
now about seven years and have had sale time
since, the proceeds of which amounted to about $40
have lately cent goods for sale in ticn with
Mr. Nesbitt, but yet have not my returns.
The committee then ordered the service Of several
subponas and adjourned