The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-04-04
REPORT Of THE GRAND jury.
INTERESTING OPINIONS JUDGE ABEL FOUND TOO
lENlEnT.


Fred. Oertling, Jacob Goebel.
Michael Covlon, Thos J. Evans
N. Kureheedt, Edgar Pile,
]. Zepgel. Paul Barabino,
Chas. Z. Spencer, J. Monplaisir,
Samuel McFarln, Charles Delassize.
To the Honorable the First District Court q New ohsanss
On behalf Of the grand jury, beg leave to make
the following report
THE PARISH PRISON.
On examination Of the Parish Prison We found
the buildings and yards In good order and clean,
the food Of the prisoners good, and the discipline
ss 70 E :s G S esass
deputies. The Insane Asylum, which IL located
next to the Parish Prison, In the building known
formerly % the Police Jail. 10 under the manage
msns Of efficient 0'srs D1s the building sss Z IN IN
which IL has been put. Humanity demands that
1t should be removed to more convenient locality,
and We call the earnest attention Of the council to
the subject.
In the City workhouse we found no prisoners,
and but five or six psupers, who are, at their own
request, under confinement. We are informed BY
the officers IN charge of the institution that since
the Of the sS and 0s the
prisoner confined there; and yet the establishment
was, during that time, under the management OF
eight or nine officers, who were receiving pay,
any ~ sss ss9
has been enforced, and We may now indulge the
hope that the Migrants now running at large will
be attended to BY the police.
THE LocKuPs.
The First, Second, Third and Fourth Districtlock
ups we're found clean and in good order. The one In
the Fourth District requires repairs. The police
station and ockups in Algiers are insecure, filthy
and unfit for the purpose for which it Ia used.
We recommend that 1t be repaired Immediately.
THE HOSPITAL.
The Charity Hospital. under the able manage.
ment Of DR.. Smythe, was found in its usual ad.
mirable order. The hospital contains ABOUT 900
patients. The House Of the Good Shepherd. un-
der the direction Of the worthy Sisters OF the
Good Shepherd, has at present $50 inmates, and
is 90 well kept Is can be, considering the limited
and diIapidated, and need repairs; the ground Is
low, and requires filing up. The proper gu
thorities are earnestly requested to grant relief to
this useful institution.
THE AsyLUMs.
The st. Msry's Asylum for boys, under the 81.
pervision of Rev. Father Condor, has four hun
dred children, sixty-two OF whom are under i've
years of age. The premises are airy, clean and
kept 10 very good order This institution Is very
poor, and needs assistance.
The Immaculate Conception Asylum for girls.
under the supervision of the Sisters Of the Holy
Cross, has about one hundred girls; 1t is kept
clean and in very good order-the ground 10 low
and requires filing up. No appropriation was
made for the support of this institution; 1t needs
The New Orleans Female Asylum has two hun.
bred and twenty five children: is In very good
conditions health of the children good. The
means of the institution are limted-no sppropria-
ton was made this year for its support.
The House Of Refuge for boys, under the man.
agement of Capt. Bosworth, was found to be In an
admirable condition. Great praise Ia due to Capt.
Bosworth for his good and efficient management
The House Of Refuge for girls was found to be
well managed; the children healthy, and every
attention paid to their moral and men.al training.
The building and furniture are dilapdsted and re-
quire repairs.
RECORDER BEcKER.
several charges were brought before the grand
Jury against Re corder j. b. Becker, Of the First
District for misdemeanor in Office and for bribery;
after q thorough examination the several charges
were fully substsntisted by the testimony Of re-
spectacle witnesses. On two cases which had been
dismissed by the recorder, charges were renewed
before the grand jury. true bill was found aud,
on trial before the petit jury, the parties were
found guilty and sentence has already been pass
ed upon them. II was the intention Of the grand
jury to report true bill against Recorder Becker
for bribery, but owing TO the fact that there IL no
law providing for the punishment Of public officers
| for bribery, we have been compelled to report
true bill for misdeamesnor in office only. We are
| fully aware that in the present unsettled condition
OF the country, II will be dificut to find jury In
favor of conviction. But We trust that the bring.
ing Of this matter before the court will put an end
to the disreputabls manner in which the Law Is
administered by this recorder; disreputsbe not
only 10 himself, but TO those by whose influence
he owes his official position.
We take pleasure in stating that no charge or
complaint has been broBght to our notice a.
against the other recorders, and that since this
Investigation has commenced 9 marked change
for the better has taken place in the official con-
duct OF Recorder Becker.
THE GAMBLING HOUSES.
With regard to gambling houses licensed By the
last Legislature, the grand jury deprecate the
passage Of such law, and urge that il is viola
ton of good morals, and IN violation OF the sacred
tIuat conferred on the General Assembly; and
while they recommend its re peal, they submit
that II gambling s to be carried under the color
of the law, 1t should not be permitted to be carried
on in SO glazing and public manner.
With regard to the lotteries, the grand jury
will also urge the repeal of all laws authorizing
lotteries in the State. They consider them the
bme and the ruiz Of the laboring classes of both
sexes and Of all colsrs; that they have become 9
source of dstress TO many families, and the evi
| they work is spreading daily.
The grand jury cannot too strongly recommend
q rigid enforcement Of the laws a. against parties
| carrying concealed weapons. The little regard
paid to the Law IL attributable to the fact that po
licemen, in utter disregard Of the law, go about
| the streets loaded down with weapons. We see
tice fraught with danger and one TO which the at
tention of the police Is earnestly called, TO the end
| that they ct once restrain 1t.
THE POLICE.
As to the police OF the city, we must report that
II hes improved great deal since our first meet
| ing, and more particularly since the passage Of
the vagrant law. With but one exception we
have found the officers intelligent and attentive,
| and we have no doubt that under the able man
agement of the present Chief they viii give addI-
tional security and greater satisfaction to the
community.
Although the attention of the proper sutbori.
| ties has been repeatedly called to the fact that
| the building now used as courthousss are unfit
| for such purposes, and the various reports made
| By former grand juries have remained unnoticed,
| we cannot close our report without requesting
your honor TO call the attention Of the municipal
and legislative authorities 10 this important sub
| ject. We commend bis honor the judge Of this
| court for the able. dIgnided and impartial man.
ner In which be discharges the arduous duties OF
| his office, but beg to remark that, no doubt,
| moved by his good heart, he is, perhaps, some
| times too enient In the application Of the law.
| To the efficient sheriff Of the court wurzburger,
| snd his deputy, Peroux, and to the clerk OF the
court, Trepsgnier, and his deputy. Gravois, We
| tender our thanks for their valuable services.
Il IN ~ A. a.