, 1873-03-29
DELIBERATE AWl.DREhKlMG.
One Of Justice Banyon's Private Com
promise Jobs, il.
The Money Not Entered on
His Public Record.
City Legal Advisers Interviewed, and
Banyon's Guilt Carried Home. =,

For years, every nun on the roportorial ataffa
Of tho different parors has boom Oh tho lookout
for something that would open to them tho
means OF showing up tho Justices. It has onco
Or twico llapponed that whit Ia knowt, III tho
profession as "sluBl1 las been "got up" by
ambitious young mon, but 1t hns fallon with 1
hopeless want Of ofroct,. for tho absonco Of
faota. Everybody know instances Of {. rob-
bory, oxtortion, and opon Disregard Of
tho Inv, by thc Justices themselves. but thoy
could novor get show at tho facts inside tho
nanotum Of tho magnates' The garrison wns
always too strong and tho h'ghing reporter
never could got in tho thin ond Of Tint wodgo
which would tend to tho exposure Of .woll~lsnown
wrong-doing. Whit years Of patiently watching
hnye failol to effect m accitlont has de-
yolopod, namely, a. ehetco to work
up a clue: It = wns a. worry little
s1nnll but tho .facls aro theso and the charges
aro proved, and tho la,o-1reakinJ is 1naao aa
plain as tho noonlay Ht,n. ';-r-'' ''
In tho Bridget" Sweeney perjury case, In the
Oriminul Court m extraordinary picoe Of ost-
dence was given by Daniol King, which: :acemod
worth looking into by all who profess and call
themselves good citizous, namely TINT Justice
OF tho poaco had 'gcttlol with him (King)
privately for 1lno inflicted In public In tho Jus-
tica's court.
This Dauiol King was originally charged, with
othors, with MI assault on tho said Bridget
Sweeney, md, tho eyidence being considered
aufficlent. lino Of s25 wag iuiliGtod Tho
uBual practice In the caeo OF the inflio.ion OF d
fino in Justico's Court, In order to stay pro-
ceodings, iB to tako m appeal to tho Criminal :
Court,-juHt as 1t il. in tho courts Of common
law, to move for now trial, or pray M appeal
L. TA.s
convicted mai, docs this, the caso is Of onco ro-
moved beyond tho jurisdiction Of tho Justice.
Tho Justice has tllon no longer tho power to in~
tliot, or remit, or suspend fines but tho man
giving bail. When n Justice tampers with tho
law, either by ronittiug or buspending sentence,
ho docs what ho has no power to do, md Ii
nmonablo to public opinion: The people have
until election tn,o, when their votes will bo
regulated by their knowledge of tho candidates.
past caroor,
In examining into tho statement Of Daniel
King, 1t waa found not only that tho truth had
boon told as to tho transaction in question, but
that oil Ehndow OF oxcuso for the action Of tho
Justice, on tho prcteuso of ignorance. was ro-
moved by tho too conscious nttemptao Of Lis rop-
reaontatiyos to cover up traces Of the offenao,
thus showing their full knowledge of what Ind
been dono, and Of the consequences Of m expo
sure by tic proga. But this WIS not NIL. It mp
pears TINT nearly all tho Justices Of tho city
are III tho habit Of doing protty much the samo
%avS IN ,,1nro r;eht IN In t,o1s ,,nH nonatnho ~
~" na,,,,tw ~ s - to M tnn,,rr as dovolo,,oi
tho fact TINT tho Inv officers Of the city aro per-
siBtent law-brealtors.
ont tha opc',so nf ;nnnranca (o m nrco,,n ~ n
acnro law" tho reporter visited tho Office Of tho
City Attorney, and thoro found that tho
legal advisors Of tho city, in view Of this very
e,,a1 ~ az tya ,mattar a;scoro,;n, 1'nt H.,
aHaSa5v ~ ~ ,oao @ ~ da,ht \ IL }hnroforn s
nhrio,'a n iet IL" insticca of liz Paaco aro nntng
T.; Iafanon ~ t1o io,S viii, thcr ercu sy;5c oua
M TO tn, t:,,t,lsI';ts ur LIST coi,,luut. Wien
such n vtato of thinra il found to hayo crow, nj,
with tho growth Of uupulous and wealthy
city. It matters not whether the thing
Ina haon heoucathad to IN from
Tho niomoor iays. or whether The
| mo;, on9 nraotsces ri bv-rono timos orn thnan
thot obxt,i1ct The pntl Of urogress Whatever
ti,ey are. thoy 1nuat ho swo,,t aWay, and forever
~ sIrosc tl,nm w;tl, m sms1nrnr hnnd'
It il always difficult to brIug lomo ~ apy partic-
Mar chnrs;s aeainst firmly estobIjshed instltu
~ % nv I5;nn S' md this IN nnrtjo,Iariy tno
| r. =, In rnsncct If Iu.tico,s of1}co. rho dool,ot
md nanora ono would ipspcct aro under
1ocJr ami lfov. tho nnnrnach Il them ia tbrorrlr
m alloy Of CouBtabics. olorks. Anugors-on, and
men Of doubtful oharastor. ali conIectod with
tho JuBtino hv tiea nf sa1f-futerogt It Ia homo
jcas to question such mon: for oyorY question
necessarily Involves their own honesty, and in
d flicataa a donbt Of their being better than tue
| cisaa thov naniat to condemn: and tho oueatton-
cr novar }enla o;ther aafo or comfortnH1o nnti jo
h. haa ~ osohanrea tho low low ceiling dncy, rool,ne
Ian Han far tha n,,rcr mir Of tho streo,t o'' 19o
Noyortholeas this iniquity had to DO un-
e,rthed Tbn 1rst thing n ho dono wns tn
icarn from KINGS Inns 9 liz version Of tho story
| thrt nripinatn1 in tf1o Criminal Co,,rt. Te wna
orcordiHrlv Visited and statoti that. in Jannary
! ]nat Ia Taa. with nnothor narty charged: b,fnre
Nir, Justico Danyon. With assaultipg Bridget
| swaenay. His Honor fouud that Tic eyijenoo
clonriv eriminntni Tho dofendonta md ho aned
ticrn soE aacb nnd costs. Which amounted to
soIo. King nnd the othor defendant expressed
tfon thcir intention Of nDneal;no anainst tho
dcoiajon. subsequently. Fled Dany6n. son Of
lilo worthv Iustice. called uuou King and etatod
Tint hia father wn,,te1 to Bno him. Fla md t1,o
ot3,er infentlnnt ca1lnl unon Mr. Danyon. who
toiii thom tLnt hc wnnid ,,rnvidod ibny dii1 not
nnnonI. rIs 1nt thom of tie lne. on condition Of
thaH;r ns.v;nr lin coats. Tho nther Iofon]ont
pulled out lis ohange. which amounted to $3.50.
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