New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-15

sfer suds By IN, enous aid un.cupuOuI d-bors ns
fspslsd eopspiraies peculiar enbezreents and bor Of
others Known probably to every business Ia the com
nifty The extent add importance Of each onasssu vi
best understood BY reyswiog the sce PHlamsn Il will
does not exit crime and hardly an NJ
Tense aeaio the rsot. OF property unprovidsd sg,n.t by
some IA enaCmsn for tbs protection OF the subject The
rdsC- "a that The law m.keTs Of hs paw more
70 the pu &c coed han 10 esit.,in, I'd az o
pew orense invented than The .w ofcers draft a.
act for adoption 70 mes it, Not this vusty
s e. the f: Sse0D and Of
FOR Lord Can pbes Acts simplify tbs procedure and
old substantial Justice The could do no better
corporate mntdi' Hutond into book evory
sing set Of Parliament public AID mature s.
csn be found the Of Great Brit.n-for es in
he,e osyt OF abroad and elegrspbic communicable
cosmopolitan cbarsc'eo We sadly need against he
law ,ssint d.odery ct ID oSne oeus apart n 5
tbe r. a;ions eerssniDg asut and battery specific
tgnt the leasing OF houses ioT purposes OF gambling aud lot
ery policy sell and mikicg II obligatory Il lessons
sscsrsinDg by notice from the authorities that they
used 10 erect the tenants onoeT penalty OF misdemeanor
sganst the ding OF explosive the throwing Of corrosive
substances with The Ltsnsto ioare law sssnst larceny by
means o. chortioi more stringent isw against frsndn en
coTposions; avs against fictitious disden1s laws giving
crime 70 smperng with vtnenes malicious resp,ss the
u false weights and meautes-whch merely instance
mttes must De sw'rs o krsns provision. upon crimes
sDd ptnhmens be sdgsntsgeou,ly .nph6ed in
end lighter may conformed in literal ju
cis exposition kspscsy shOu the sw q ssdetenss
sT0c TO dangerous resus be made clear and pre-
cise, The law o. arson nseds revision that there
continue the spparsnt sbsurdy las lately evidenced
from defect in tbs statute. In the Peyerety easel Of
SDs s9y OF Aso2 10 the second degree who IRE,
bsbteo while If the latter be three feet distant be guilty
the sense or n asure and very su ~ OF sny
beyond tht Compounded In auding
And am Of opinion that the abolition Of the death
for arson 10 The tSt egre would emnsnty tend
the conviction Of offenders who sssspe through the
name tendencies Of the Vror Arson crime Of fearful
gtituoe in our % st IbSn the public generally e
for s alton generally destroys lite evidences This
crime Of isps 70 essi charged and had 10 b. defended
Fatt 10 quo'e i m tie quaint mi4 ne5s some statutory
touching the quality OF its evidence That Of
mayhem IS now cthneo TOO sth'av To souSe al eve Or
to bite nose 10 the heat OF passion assault and
battery The sttuts book yearly Contains it, s5scm
ing sspsut pih attempt % e0nami; man1u9heyi Burglary
maintains It's place iocumbered with Of those tschn
csiss which the incde Of the crime In the 18th
with It's various degrees and was not long sso hst the
SDpr Court Of this District decided thu, Il statutory
s't1sly engage in Offering IT. refer TO the Of 10
seph C.. Ashley convicted aud his Judgment reversed
techLica ty The prOvAOns obt;inns
property by false needs eysoo sciea
TO define the ueanos OF Peenses aud tokens and embracing
within the certain control Of an offender; for j, well kno
indie able uni SIS attended with distinct
resentson Of the eJrg past bank account la other
wcrs # csshed yesterdays cate, false token but
4 N TO morrow date It private fraud covered By sa'u
by Civil J1dse yond the reach Of civil The
OF enforcement such as TO receive limited
p and always gives rise to ingenious r'fusmeDts Of sumsnt
upon indictments. The distinction beween grand petit
aIoenyone sbo shed in Eng and indeed worthy
urdi old offender stearg a. goes to tbs
Penebtsy for end the novice crime sorey
by poverty or Ignorance es Jog $50 mus: enter th9
STATE Prison 70 his eternal ruin. have known in my official
experience Of Two arrested the door Of place
Of amusement for simultaneous larceny One obtained watch
snd The other pocket book containing $50 each from different
victims The watch turned to be worth only $40 AVID the
pispoctet went to he Penitentiary for eight months This
other went to The State Pion for five Whist mordIt
Ct the former Yet toe statute sad co. nd:sd
Der, the enc who received the greatest punish mt
told Of the statute regarding petit larceny sscoHd ofeT'e
bot with ha7gDg faces, CHANGING rosues, assumed
Gov Seymour forcby, that he recommended the
sboshOg the distinction in al annual messse II .sceyed no
attention fol- there lobby forh The Courts
then could graduate the according 20 the intent Of
OF hs crime fhe old offender would receive State
PrsC however much however little he solsthe first ofn
Ger could have bis chance OF reformNJn The Executive
emeIcy would also be less sppea for tbs, Of the Court
could oper in Tho first instance willis all the test nony
would change from County Jail fine to msaiman Of
Eve years in the State Prison The eua'msns touching per
Jury very limited What is termed by h, profession
" judicial swearing has become exceedingly common
at IS,n Kat to
md ydus Should receive 'ome punishment There nn
felony spa the Of OGS1' oqSsI sh
do of the oense" THIS has been Construed to uader
russ of evidence psrs0no knowledge Now there are hGn
iokel go 20 heml have personal but on heo'
oy knogladse Of the e Gny ase are 700 edge
of their crime and flight, and yet cons judicial con-
This evil. do not isy concut.n such az etpoNton.
however pausbesnd plausible or ingenious Arguments
imiuH
tom the As Ingenious OF subtle dist notions
should they not be met ConspacIes were very soo1
coppirac, other such enumerated in the last
seoiion are punishable srminay thsy remove from the
preudi:e snother-whieh removal In these dsy OF Wal
,tset fGancielng has been found ~ ms ofcihy 70 De
craving evil There why esness Ia sesm0"a
ion should continue the statute book without ac-
companying enactment regarding c,ee's eos IN Iso,a man
,semut Of travel. The masassnce nonieSsncc' ayr mis-
fea,ance OF pubic officers depsrd upon the constructor o. d
bret .tae 10 be found e s. org &C. p osS N son
eoon also the law Of intoxcsion as being ea Tor GRIM
nal intent hi, after pea nave s sSSw o
ion the murderer IN order to ser h.aise h e b
club with the brandy bottle.
H. The primary ssept detecting revenng crime is the
Police fce. So far that of this city rned believe
on the subject ru The dmiIuton Of bold b1Is aries
rg robbeie' hOmicdes terrible frequency OF deadly
peIi nee with the Di,trc Attorneys ofSce fvs years
ago this But has seemed to many that more Important
eetd The Chief OF Police has become police clerk OF the
Mayor The latter has bee 10 fac well 4" name tns
demanded conduct the details which the latter
may arrange Thus the name Chief" has lost Il. potency
row be well ssked the tide Of General CLERK OF
Police with extended regulations TO the clerical nsius
Of his bureau would be Let him attend nom
morning upt at night in he Off ,e TO receive he and
distribute stun' p0Ts U %esr I'M on
the Mayor the neral orssn Of from
Mt Of Police might be suthosed who should con-
supeints under control aud direction OF the Mycr
TIE officers Of the department visiting them on their
bes-insp citing the Station Heusessupenns arrests aud
eteurons collecting statistics OF crimes aud oienaes-co
De with the detecvesR'tendg hres and note and
places a snd reporting irregularities
ard defects Thus the Mayor head Of tbs department
on have his door end indoor and by tho rough
yon and distribution Of labor exercise bis control With vgoT
nd certainty Of result 1t be well nqoired OF by your
COMMITTEES whether the Of the dis net system 10 the
police often enbsrsss its eic-ney' foesmen are
human and thew are cit Their bea; be Oh nsed
in ward oten possible, but each ous gil In a
short time the ward thoroughly. They viii have
their and their fsvorites in the Localities OF
their resideuee and sphere Of cuty much a. any
ems can Does spy one fsmn with ice operations DO
eye that, If belt the rcs Of uptown district occasions
exchanged With that of down town district, and dld
nnrro tuy amops strangers the Interests Of h, city would
suffer The maxim Of bspg without honor among bis
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