New-York tribune., 1866-12-25
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though his photograph may be exhb ted IN tho "Rognes
Gallery That Of notorious the tn N ulln tnc US
unless he has some seen tie actual IN the commits
sion Of thc his knowledge Of the ieioWs e Is no neI 70
q thief and the house Which Ao ne1uels fs aiaoiqe ~
house. As gentlemen Of Ais poi s'l e'c A'' " t.o '.
te accusing officer can very seldom be abo 20 swear tlt
of "his own personal mowlcl-9 ls Knows t1o man. 70
Iay hard % be the cause OF pubic justice 10 would
really IL tie law had cndeavored 70 so surround lis
oh attempts 10 punish them II has therefore got To- be most
, tie flroys ~ b,es of III ler sort f5r even IT, in
isolated instance the officer has really acquired re sV
knowledge necessary before conviction can possibly Dc % W.
sbsu LAWYER engaged Tor the defense finds By d'
fcuit matter 10 raise up cloud or conroYelng
behalf Of his client who viii positively and directly heSae
on oath every point on which the prosccuonhad depended 10
procure conviction. The question Is asked by uais ~ % %
cty hundred tunes day why these dcns Of iqy are not
known TO the police Why the hOrdes Of pckpocAeis VINO
bron The cars and who abound in the city Why te men are
not instantly arrested whenever they dare 20 show @ s
in public severely punshed the answer TO these gesohs
Is very simple and that certain Of laws now stana
they seem have been framed in tho interest ol me
rather than the good citizen And in where i M
the law il stands the atuebook, seems an H W
be found in attempting fairly administer tat laW '' ls
rules Of evidence have been tortured ana tN4sH az
evidence which should be accepted IN ary given case WI Ds
excluded by the ruling Of the sitting magistrate on tne uu
of counsel for the deiense who VIII be abe 70 soE ]
chapter page and line in somebody's reports lof uDO''
anything he claims to demand.
DlsoRDERLY HOUSE No. l-Smon i. Cline man whose TO
spectacle NOulQ indicate luhb o OuN' "
probably does know great better than TO be engaged IN
his present nefaous business brought up on tho charge OF
keeping notoriOusly bad house in Sixtave on w Coc
Tweutyeghth-st The place OF those ldhgh huPPc
rooms where persons can obtain private rooms with refresh
mens any and all hours Of the night Inc eoat WI, T
made by Policeman Arthur Rourke officer OF good lhle
gence and whose testimony plain slaisIoINIu ou
conclusive So much that the counsel Tor the defense c
Jpdge Stuart failed shake II in any materlasohts uouBA
he sn leeted the witness 10 long and searching examination
The pcbueaes of the rules Of evidence were made 10 90
their m share Of work in behalf Of this prisoner something
Counsel YOu say Captain that you have frequently seen
thieves 20 in there r. ,u
Capt Speight-"IhaYe, Sr very frequently"
Counsef-"H do You know they were thieNesF
Captan"I know by heir common repute Ihey are some
Of them almost every officer IN the citT US notorious
Counse-Thats no evidence Sir People say oil sorts OF
wicked and natued things against each Otherand the iaCl
that man talked about evidence that he is criminal
Now Sir did you into Mr. Clnes place tat
Won knew Of vo,r oten personal ktoredge TO be their
Captan-I have repeatedly seen men 50 In there mat
knew 10 be thieves
Counsel-' How do you knowi"
Captain" Why they generally known as you or
and their reputation is ,, -
Counscl-So matter what their reputation isdd you ever
see steal anythng This must be your otr per-
sOnG knolrdge remember Now Sir You have seen
pokpocke 60 this house Now did you ever see one OF
them with his hand in another man pockett"
CApain-Wo never Of them really pick pocket
Counsel-No matter about that sir this must be o'rn
personal knowledge.
And 50 on for two hours ,
Nevertheless in spite Of the protracted defense made blythe
counsel for Cline the defendant found guilty 10 his great
surprise and fined IS and sent to the PonIenIy oT
three months.