New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-02-08

Of September, isas or nearly four times the number
which prron was rns o ps,S9 .on IN
for the temporary confinement OF prisoners M Ter
senslee ana receptacle for the prisoners from the other
p p5 1s sa0 ne Ts sss BE TouSs very
crowded from two 10 THEE prisoner Ieng ~ escn
In consbauence of the want Of the more depsved
T ais and csTks the Tms
occupy much srace-adiitionsl cells toula De made
these remoyedbut they pust 81 neees
sity be near prisons The Commissioners should be
empo wered by law to make such iudcions a,erauois III
Yonr COMMITTEE found the ventilation Of the Tonbs very
imperfect aud would recommend that inc Ioinhsohers
give special attention TO this subject. ,
OF the management of the Bureau for the Relief OF
Ont Door Poor, the Committee report: ,,.,
Ihe cry psonsd The Tors T.i the applicants for
relief end report TO the superintendent OF the BUREAU 81
Who then grants such relief az he thinks proper The
lief is either In money, fur or coal Inc system OF
order thlou ghout the institutions ~ excellent herc are
many checks in operation by which is ascertaned very
correctly that all supplies purchased arc uSeo III inc in
The Committee calls the attention of the Legihla-
ture 10 the necessity of empowering the Corlmisson-
ers of Charities and Correction to take active means
10 remove the sources Of crime among our people.
In this ,ity the Commissioners represent that trre
are 20 600 children growing mp in Ignorance and Idle
ness. They are mostly Migrants. and nave no oecu-
patton but 10 beg, and learn no ART bnt 10 sp1 ~ u
recommended that the Commissioners should have
rover 10 establish industrial schools, separate from
the nurseries, to which children under IL years OF
punishable oienses and those whose parents repre-
sent them as incouigible, should be, sen, unae1 q
police warrant. there to remain unli nuentuieo !"
some useful pursuit Al,
OF the present operation OF the foicc oout'S 'no
Committee say: ,,.,a T.,
a manner different from the present system NO meets
sy exists for judges to hold that court at one Tine
One experienced MAGISTRATE WIN DO lusss ~ ndges
should be- created in order that the crt mght DC ao
constantly session There would De no htces-ly iUn
our extensive city district als If all these courts were IN
session every day OF the week. except sunday dnrDe tne
ye.ted exmmincd tried and Il found guilty. sentenced,
aud his way To the Peniientlhfy III ~ h.nrs Hn ,o
Commission OF hs of,use The present Police Justices
pernrm great labor but 1t is easy perceive that TIER
number should be Increased, and the system oi noIs
courts reformed ia order Ia get the tuil Deuent OF hel
labor and 10 dispatch business The Court ~ Special
Sessions independent tribunal Is composed OF TWO Po
lice judges taken fioD their duties IN dIHient pdrS
the city, III Orcr 10 hold sessions three times WEEK.
This nst to those judges AID eaise ~ deHy nuo
police JUDGES dispatch their examinations anu M
nrns with great speed 1t Is OILY When tn c.o Is ssn'
10 DO ted ut special Sessions mat h'ay oesnsi i
times prisoners linger for days III cry Jis, "a.nB IN
turn OF trial. because that court meets pat hee nays
bsvy ust Of cases which have been hourly acc,nuarng
The prisoners the city Jiils ere lie Tor days ana
outrage; II guilty. they should b. ied aud reltcneed rs
spe,dily possible Perhaps the most important
Grafton In the administration ~ criminal Justice Is no
ch,rt,er of the magistrate. The highest JUDGE II he
and has not such deep respone3ts a. ,e .I u; re- re-
moral Lorptai. and the Justice has to deal not WIN pri
guemrr, bUt Win nallf4ts fttIlb
TIE Judges III the hi CHEST courts are almost Wholly en-
ploySd iempOralties-pr1p' rty AMI the iEhs OF
ur1urtv: the police Justice has To deal WIN beings
vhom vice il seeking engross. aud whom the Jn-
linl office ia 10 preserve not 10 PUNISH The 'cr Jus
trr shond he OF large experience close OoIr.rI
of human nature. and capable Of sympathy tw"id the
uIf tt,tr creatures To whom he must adm or Tue
renrdi pop, for their The chld mat mas maae
IN, rri fe strp aud the rrprObate That has served
hundred s.ntences the Isiand are brought before hh
srccrs.ivcly In 1--WE minutes There Is higher day 20
perform than simply 10 convict ana colHnit hccOiuE 20
The letter the law Punishment VII not preserve THO
cLill. 4 has not reformed tile ieploOdtf
The Committee recommends he establishing l0dg-
ughouser III different parts Of the city, where those
WHO shall he unexpectedly without shelter and with,
ont money. could find lodgings for the night, and
could secure o plain wholesome breakfast IN inc
morning The daily expense, for the maintenance