The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-12-10

year. but think no has been there ones ny cstens
only know y hsarsay; the Mayor ado a. sntss,. ~
upon the book the Mayor and Chief of Police both nv
n the ward, ant SO we hear OF them quite frsgueu ~,
sad from cbservaon, suppose 10 houses OF pros
,n.hn ve have only two that may bc put dowo Ia tn.
and confined in the Tonb~ do k-ov that tho case
was prosecuted to conviction, althsuxh mads the
Se"plsss. co Se'o.s The ,sas.trsts never hssrd
know abb ut swo or ihrss mon.hs siups; have net
many policy shops in me gard, but rev places
houses In the d.sric Of any nook austioussrs ths
lea 9Th Of time TO- which PRISONER IL held nader durss,
PRIOR to examination depends many csrcuulssncss
IL generally enough TO ena ,ls us TO get 4 any svi
deocc there msy BE-; invariably have them committed
magistrate osere holding tAem; have had ssvera!
pes M dischasesd from station house have kesrd Of
hAndtf,l q by themselves aud shesr friends tho pur
poe was said 10 be to make fiexdy Dhave
slwsys dec ined TO receive gs have he'd trouble
vi poiceucn who seemed deeply interested t. cesr
IN Legal manner by permission Of tie Mayor consider
hat II Is great iaul the present sysem ths: msgs-
macy snd think shst the susrsstors c Justice we.h
as 10 ne bureau of the District Attorney would eIss
some good; have never seen mush pAr,iaiiv on the
part Of maeAuses se 20 rich and poor thiogs gone
Iany lar as my observation has goss, seemed TO be
Mr. abraham Beal agent Of the prison Association
was next s~on- He testified follo~s;r The duties Of
my Office bring association with tlas police courts
and Police Depaf tment do not snow Of any abuses in
he Ismeded as the evidence is always onone side the
criminal practice Of magistrate, to hear oaly
the time Goes not know what f'r; in aa,es where q
wsnAn makes complaint against her husband for
hin. her story the ofces ,ssiog PITY her goes
up snd teses that what she ays is true and the poor
man y ens up Without any Glance to desad hm,.l
fuecse Of liquor the 7h OF June the agent vitei the
Jtaerson aarke, Police Court to poor dsanksd
who now On n island got lawyer wh promished TO
get her husband free for $5, bat the next tune
she ssw him be ssid she would have to get
70 more; she c2u'd only raise -, and this vas
all she had; passing the stoop OF the Jail disco
ytrsd this woman crying; she told me what was the
money back and her husbands release from the slaad
in Of SINNERS It IL just this-whsn prisoner il
ooosht in ono Of the tesper goes I, him and say. his
yer the isoner inquiries what he got for the
iteper then informs him thai be get him for less
lawyer have often acted counsel for prisoners aud
saved them four or five dollars have known lawyers
ing his sse these kinnsfs only practice at tho Tombs
have never been admitted to practice have only volan
eered my services for tho sake Of the p,r; nsu Of
iersd me $50 or $40 for getting him clear would not
take it; think magistrate should be lawyer and
also ink they should b. elected not appon cd have
beoro having an examination; they seem to ovs look
some OF the prise ners have known negro % be kept in
oa the case 'S /. as oossssnaaa % % %.s Ia aaa Il.
wife, (colored) have been confined since August 1854
they wse tried In January la,. and convicted u bur
vailed the Iistrct Attorney to know why such had
toen delsy the clerk replied nce their trial have
doubts d IL guilt p then .he srsa
in Ltepirg them in jail, especialiy they cannot BE-
discharged by THE Court the sgcn erplnyed the clerk 70
tst ,hey be sepeDcsc and II innocent Of the charge
appropriate be taken that they be Recessed the
Jsi'or said they ssre serving ont their time ~ he
thought spoke 10 Justice Moore about IT, and he ssd
tbey deserving Of AL thy got that there
Is over two hundred In jail tha should b. immsdiatey
et at liberty they mostly ell sent up without haviog
fair examination; In another case OF Awful Gardner
mr
day hey had heavy gold rnga and watch chsfas they
fsset II wDs ble to pfocg ihe pardon Of Awful
Gardner from the island and wanted 10 kaox the Ten
Ssv,nars bad the power and shs agent had sufficient
lnfuerce with them the family would coeerfuy compen
sats for his trout BILE; they sd Bis wife in dan
eerous state q health the agent replied thai IT he ooud
90 thing TO ieep him for the OF the Eve years
tie islsDd be would DO Sc the amount they offered
,out $500 should tho agent get him out finding ttey
coud not do thing With the agent they went
ing, 'You e-n dSe fellow the ett," thi, IL
one oi the few cnses that appear b. fore me.
The Committee then ordered Justice Elm snds aud
e,r Cosby, deputy keeper of the Fex market prison
10 te sutr1Dsed, and tjourned to this day