Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-07-24
LOCAL NEWS
City MarshaI'a Report.
CIrY MARsHAL,s orr1cE, july Ist, l85e.

CITY MARsHAL's OFFICE, July Ist, 1856.
To the Honorable Mayor and Aldermen of the
City Of Worcester =
GENTLEMEN Herewith 1 present to your
Honorable Board my Second Quarterly Report of
the Police Department Tor the quarter ending
June Both, 1856 =
The number of persons arrested and committed
to the Wstch House for the quarter, was 232, for
the following causes, viz drunkenness l49.
disturbing the peace %, common drunkards, 8.
assault and battery s. insane l. dsordery IA, lar
ceny s. fornication l. adultery 2, playing cards on
Sunday IL, refusing to pay railroad fare l,
sault on Waterman l, resisting an officer /, va
grant l, beating horse 2, neglectng to support
his family |, assault with intent to commit
rape 2, abductng child making in the whole,
23l. OF this number, 81 were non.residents the
balance, 165, all claimed to belong to this city
81 have been discharged without complaint before
the Police Court; all others have been complained
against, and disposed of by the Police Court -
those that have been discharged without COM
plant, have been discharged for what appeared to
me good and sufficient reasons l think the ends
of justice as well answered by their discharge, as
it would have been had they been taken before the
Court.
During the quarter, 179 persons have applied at
the Watch House for lodgings, which have been
furnished them, most of them poor, without
money or means of any kind nearly all of them
have been furnished with food which has been
furnished in the manner that prisoners have
been kept The cost of feeding this class of pau
pers has been about S1275, and not one cent
has been paid by the Clerk of the Board of Over
seers of the Poor, to my knowledge, for this
class of paupers all has been done and put into
the Expenses of the Police Department
have made 273 complaints before the Police
Court, for various crimes and mlsdemeanors,
which are as follows, viz drunkenness no. lar.
ceny 6, selling liquor 80, disturbing the peace 35,
common drunkards IL, assault on watchmen 3,
assault and battery "a, Migrants 2, lorncation 4,
adultery 8, playing cards Sunday 10, keeping dis
orderly houses 4, evading railroad fare fast drv-
ing 2, keeping dog unmuzzled |, embezzement 2,
refusing to support family 2, enticing girl from
her home l, keeping house of i'll fame 3 keeping
shop open on Sunday /, leaving dead horse to
decay l, disobedient child l, cruelty beating
horse 2, hawking and pedding l, rape 2 making
in the whole, 49, of which 30 were non residents.
The expenses of the Police Department, aside
from the salaries of the Marshal, Assistant Mar
shall, and pay of the Watchmen, are as follows -
j. L.
rants in the Police Court. Is
Keeping prisoners and feeding poor dodgers. 20
Total, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $3.50
Deduct the amount that it has cost to feed the
poor dodgers that have been lodged IN the watch
house during the quarter which is about 1890,
will leave the actual expense of the Department
Sl9S5.
The earnings of the department during the
quarter, have been as follows, part of which
how hOora tlntl low Nnk l,,f1
F. Warren, City Marshal fees in Police Court. $15S7S
]. L Baker, Assistant Marshal, in Police
Court and County rreasurer's Office. 236 81
Witness Fees of Wachmen in the Police Court. 1880
Total. .........................$5 2S rs
/ have received of j. B. Dexter, Jr., Clerk of
the Police Court S4S4,05 for the service of Grim
inal receipts AID witness fees in the Police Court,
which are the earnings of the City Marshal AS
sistant Marshal and Watchmen, prior to May 9th,
1856, at which time all business goes to the Oc-
tober Term of the Criminal Court.
The following is a statement Of the fees earned
by the City Marshal, Asst. Marshal and Watch
men for the service of criminal receipts and wit
ness fees in the Police Court from January 9th to
May 18th, 1866
2. Warren, City Marshal, witness fees 1928 40
J. L. Baker Assistant Marshal, for tae service of
warrants and commitments to the House of Cor
rection, and witness fees. ........229 70
James Mcfarland, witness fees Is 0S
William Lawrence, witness fees. Is Sc
Stephen Shumway, witness fees ............. Is Sc
Sias Nourse, witness fees. II 10
Eben Lund witness fees. ....................... Sc
Horace Holman, witness fees. IS So
Joseph H. Flint witness fees. ................ $50
John Morrison wit1ess fees ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10 A
George f. Newton, witness fees. IA SO
Total. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. S4S4 05
Which amount have paid over to the City
Treasurer, and hold his receipt for the same.
part of the polio aave been detailed to pa
frol fhao re al NI,o%l ofa
expense of So per Sunday, which, in my opinion,
is money well spent, and much noise and disorder
prevented. The whole expense of the Police de-
partment except some small amounts for repairs
anG fixtures about the Police office, as fol-
lows
Salary of City Marshal. $3.50 90
Salary OF Assistant Marshall lT5 90
Pay Roll of Watchmen.. 1890 90
sunday Ponce' 80 w
Keeping Prisoners and extra expenses. ...... 10 IS
Total. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $lT6S IS
Deduct S528, Is, the amount earned by the Mar
shall, Assistant Marshal, and Watchmen, will
leave the actual expense of the Police Depart
ment for this quarter, Sl240 10
Respectfully submitted to his Honor the Mayor
and Board of Alderman.
F. WARREN, City Marshal.
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write such splendid poem, what heavenly
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have drawn from that well I" full blushing COB
let of David SCOTS sparkling and delicious Soda
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