, 1873-04-02
JUSTICES FINES.
How Beautiful are the Conscientious
soruples Of J. P,s
When They.Resalt in Retaining Tho Fines
Thoy Ih1ict in Their Own
:':..st g.. Pockets. ="
Another Specimen Brick to Add to the
- Pile Of Magisterial De.
= linquonoy.

4 Law That Is Not Carried Out, Reports
.. That aro Mover. Madc, md Money
Tint Is Noycr Paid.
u't The people, having boon ronBod, by the plain
statements Of The TRIBUNE, to m understand.
ing OF the abuses Of tho Gonstablos doing buai-
ness IN tho city, mny proatably learn something
~ to tho Justices. It ia tho writer's purpose to
speak Of Justicos, as class, not as individuals.
T1ose people mny bo dubbed the guides, philos-
ophers aud friends OF the ConatableH, as t}d Con-
stables arc the right-hand mon Of the Justices.
As M individual man. and an American citizen,
tie average JuHtico may lay claim to DO consider
Cd tho noblest work Of the creation, but
tho claim iB all boBh; tho Justice Ia only hnlf q
man without his Constable. Tho Justice and
tho Constable may DO considered equivalent to
one man, and in that light regarded as the
@noblest work." The two, together, bound
into oho, indeed prosont beautiful picture Of
tho mean material out Of which noble works aro
sometimes produced. This is not 30 with regard
to all Justices and MI Conatables; II would be;
too horrifying to think that out Of the ninety,
odd Justices and many hundreds OF Conatablos,
that grow wealthy on feoa that can DO donon-
strated to certainty to be unequal to q decent
living, thoro Ia not to bo found one honest cltl-
Een- Many people claim that Hainea is honest,
that DoWolf is honeat, that Walsh Ia
honest, and tho venerable head of Austin
u q staring protest that ita wearer is
honest, and tho rustic Justicos lay olnim to ho:
lot alone by reason Of their few opportunitioB.
It is to be hoped TINT they will al turn out right
aide up at tho bar Of that other Justice .whoro
the Bible tolls lib ne shall have BONO day to-
meos. And, meanwhile, The TRIBUNE will give
tho exceptions, II there be any, al the credit
they can fairly aRk, until found out. -,
lmprimis i was shown, IL that expose Of,
had the chance, have proved themselves willtu1
ind deliberate violators OF tho law, which ia
scarcely tlret-claa certificate Of honeHty.
SectHdfs. It is intended to prove TINT most Of
them nro holding on to tho fines belonging to tho
It will be we'll to suspend Judgment as to their
honesty, on tue SECOND count Of tho Indictment,
until Tho reader 'gets through with the tacta
about to- ho sot FORTH when, each immaculate
citizen can judge for him or her self; promising
only that whether wo mako out case thpt ahal1
Convict certain parties Of downright robbery, or
aimply prove that worry influential clasB Of ofli-
'eiala are holding money in default OF law to
preferred, tho writer will at least have placed
: before the people the facts connected with
. 1tato OF affairs that il intolerable and abomina-
aYs must # bo onnnisy to a1 rnmer Mpl'n
Eyerybody knows tlint tIo i1ianos;tjon J NJ Jthe
fines inflicted under tic State laws. Tor nll sorts
pf mtademeano1s, has boon 8orco Of infinite
10 require such fines to bo paid to the School
Fund, but the amount of money realized was 80
Eid1ou1ously small, as compared to the dnes re-
eeiyod, that reform WAS considered necessary.
Without tnhieting on the reader tedious his
tory Of how t caao about, It is aul,eiont to say
that, by the Public Lava OF 1865, tho whole OF
these fnes bocamo payable to the Law Institute
ofGook County, ono-half to be retained by
30 paid over to tho School Fund,
Hman as the. amount was, previously,
Il has boon discovered by a representative Of
TIE TRIBUNE to hive dwindlsd down under the
Many Of tho Justices pretend that they have
withheld payment, owing to conscientious Rcr,l-
plea as to whether the law in question, boing q
aPesial lay. is now applicable.
others boldly laY elairns to most Of the fines,
portant point--qaietly .ig,.ore The ,ohole Iiugt
They pin thoir faith to that convenient belief,
9oneommlsta mn4 tka They have never refused to
What they hayo received, and gradually grown
out OF recollection. n :,
The fact is, there is only ono way Of finding
qot Whetho1 Justice has failed III his dut; Of
not. that ia, by requiring him to ropo.s What
sums he has received. He can report, or not,
tust as he likes; and II ho doea ...ol roport. who
la to say whether bio ia dir1 1.ouest. or uoroly d
pan Of conscientious ucr1lples2 Meanwhile
theaa persons arc gror,,np r;nii .so1no Of them
! being worth hundr +S., ~ thoueanda Of dollars
pa.ss.o in few yo,ys nf lila Kind Of light md
loose sur .rry;si5n.Mor rather want Of suporvis-
ion. I'm tHsra ia m ma author;yed Nv law to
>1,,L TX t1so;r oono,rtn au IN Tnnlnrd fhoro
Svo~v ;atr,tn,e .ncn,,,,t ie over1,nnIa1 hv fin
Rnd;tdrs - 10 Honoo nf,ca ma nnt onv ovorv
rsnt hv tha, M sa racciyod mia oyor r. tic conty to
= ' 't a oo1,t thnt au Eaan
t4ega1y enaigea 10 tno pta6onsf eausoa W ~ To"
tondea ~ tho rapaeious o,nolal. =,
a.. before said, tho only wny OF 1indlng out
: whether Justices are complying with tho law, or
not bv paving oyor their fines to como propar
ps: sn il by tlor first roportinr ttat tj,ny have
recaiyed such flnog. The oyil iga Ucy do 1,ot ye-
to.t ~ nTn aameto. ~ - =, ~ ~ ~ ~.
PERI lue eeciolnLS ~ ny LlW l4stlsutg Gun
nardly 60 up TO such anu sucn 5uat1cei ana Spy,
:, Here, land 0vpr thoae iines; know you y1
cot some" Tho Justice would probably, IT safely
Ster him IL Sa,hor1. snrt - ,yo ,nouo fo,st";
hava a. tho mn 'ti.n ;a WISH - ho