Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-04-15
The City Marshnl's Quarterly Report


City MARsHALL's OFFICE, April l, 1857.
To the Honorable Mayor and 4ide3qae7s of the
City Of Worcester:
Gentlemen present to your honor
able Board, my first quarterly report of the Police
department, for the quarter ending March SIst
1857.
The whole number of persons arrested and com
mitted to the Watch House for the quarter, was
two hundred and six, and for the following
causes, viz drunkenness lis, larceny IS, disor-
derby persons IL disturbing the peace Is, assault
and battery Z, common drunkaTdS g. keeDinq dis
orderly houses 5, vagrancy 4, forncation 4, night
walkers B. selling liquor 2, shop breaking 2, bur
glary 2, placing distractions upon railroad 2, as
sault officer |, fast driving |, murder l. by tel.
egraphic instructions l,-making in the whole,
206
Of this number, sixty seven were non-residents;
the balance, one hundred and thirty-nine, claimed
residence in this city. Sixty.three have been
discharged without complaint being made against
them; all the others have been complained against
and disposed of by the police court. Those who
have been discharged without complaint, have
been discharged for what seemed to me good and
sufficient reasons. | think the ends of Justice as
well answered, and the public as well protected
by their discharge,as it would have been had they
been taken before the court.
The following will show what disposition has
been made of the persons that have been com
mitted to the watch-house during the quarter -
complained of in police court, 1879 convicted by
the police court, 1856 discharged by the police
court, 4 +; discharged, no complaint made, 81;
discharged, by disclosing, 7 ; escaped, l.
During the quarter, two hundred and sixty-four
persons have applied at the watch-house for lodg.
ing, which has been furnished them; most of
these persons were poor, without money or means
Of any kind, some of them travelling in search of
friends, Others in search Of employment Nearly
all Of this class have been furnished with food of
the same kind as that furnished to prisoners
The cost of feeding this class of paupers has been
about eight cents each, which in the whole
amounts to twenty-on dollars and twelve cents
and not one cent has been paid by the clerk Of
the board of overseers of the poor, to my knowl.
edge, for this class of paupers. All of this ex
pense has been met, as above stated, and added
to the expense of the police department
have made two hundred and twenty. three
complaints before the police court for various
crimes and misdemeanors, as follows, viz; drunk
enness rs, common drunkards 10. DISTURBING the
peace IL, selling liquor 49, assault and battery 49,
larceny 10, vagrancy 6, disorderly houses as a
nuisance D, murder l, breaking glass l. keepinp
pawn-broker's shop without license 8, embezzle3
ment |, shop-breaking 6, assault on watchmen g.
refusing TO support family l. placing distractions
upon Western Railroad /, disobedient child l.
fcrication 3, fast driving 1-making total Of
223. -
The expenses of the police department, aside
from the salaries of the Marshal, Assistant Mar
shall and payroll of the Watchmen are as fol-
lows
T. Warren, as per bill in City Treasurers Office
J. W Denny, for expenses in the service Of war.
: rants ..'''........... .....,..........., T9l
Keeping prisoners, and feeding poor dodgers. 3O13
MIS- Wllkihs, for Waahing blankets. ......... S,04
Dr,J NJ Rice, for medical attendance at police
once. 1900
For police at the Theatre. 44OO
Total. .si2l 50
Deduct the amount of cost for feeding poor
dodgers, twenty-one dollars and twelve cents, as
previously stated, will leave the actual expenses
81 the department ninety-nine dollars and thirty
eight cents. IL :
The earnings Of the police department during
the quarter, have been as follows, part Of which
has been paid over to the City Treasurer, and the
balance OF which will be due from j. B. Dexter,
Esq, clerk of the police court, and Anthony
Chase, Esq, county treasurer after the next
term OF the criminal court, which commences its
session on the second Monday of May next -
Warren, City Marshal, fees in Police Court 90
J. W. Denny, Assistant Marshal, fees in Police
pN Voor. w.. 22ls2
foilceAt the Iheatre ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. AGO
Witness fees of watchmen in the Police Court. 1900
es Total. ..............."......., so
The whole expenses of the police department,
except a small amount for repairs and fixtures
aboutthe office, are as follows viz -
Salary Of City Marshal. $3.50 90
salary Of Assistant Marshal. .............. 1880
Pay Roll Of the Watchmen. ,l45I 80
Keeping prisoners and feeding poor lodgers... 3Ol3
Y warren, pl q expenses. .'s....,.. 1912
!. W penny. pul Of expenses. 79l
DrS' NJ hlce, pln lor mealca ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. 1900
Police ~ IheAte. 400
mrs Wilkins, Washlng DankeIs...''......... 500
Total. ........................... .sl9sS 90
Deduct S494,S2, the amount earned BY the
Marshal, Assistant Marshal, and Watchmen.
will leave the actual expense Of the police deplft.
ment for this quarter, fifteen hundred and three
dollars and eighteen cents.
During the past year. part Of the police force
was detailed by the Marshal to patrol the CITY ON
the Sabbath, at an expense Of from five to seven
dollars per Sabbath, which, in my opinion. was
money well spent, preventing much noise and