The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-08

WHEELING
lars and the costs amounted TO one hun,
dred and ninety.iour dollars and ninety
cents, or q total Of fines and costs, eight
hundred and thltty.four dollars and ninety
cents.
The I'd and Sd sections Of offences re-
late 10 indecent exposure and loud or pro.
iane language, for which there were
nineteen arrests and fines imposed 10 the
amount Of one hundred and thirty.iour
dollars, and the costs were ninety.iou
dollars and ninety cents, or q total oI
fines and costs amounting to two hundred
and twenty.eight dollars and ninety cents.
Under the 9Th section, which relates to
assault and battery, We find there were
hlty.three arrests and fines assessed 10 the
amount OF one hundred and sixIy-two
dollars, with costs amounting to two hun.
dred and seventy dollars and seventy five
cents; or 3 total Of four hundred and
thirty.two dollars and eeyenty.fiye cents.
Under the 18th and 14th sections Of
Offences are embraced prostitution and
houses Of illIame. There were under
these sections, thirty-three arrests, and
the fines assessed amounted TO three hun.
dred and two dollars; and the costs, one
hundred and thirty.eight dollars and
twenty cents; or total Of four hundred
and thirty.eIght dollars and twenty cepts
The Gath and 4Sd sections refer TO
idleIs and vsgabond loalefs OF the
notable .Boose Leasur type, and under
these sections there were sixteen ar
rests, and fines assessed to the amount
Of two hundred and forty.one dollars,
and the costs amounted to eighty one dol.
lars and ninety cents. Total OF fines and
costs, three hundred and twenty-five dol.
lars and ninety cents.
Under the heads we have enumerated
arise ell offences which are commonly
brought to the attention Of our police
court, and treated as crimes. r1s.
MINOR oFFENCEs H
The balance Of the thirty.oue sections
under which we have before stated all the
arrests have been made, embrace minor
offences, such as fast riding on hestreets,
obstructing sidewalks or streets and alleys
with store boxes, peddling and forgetting
to take out licenses to do 90, with many
other small offences too numerous TO men.
tton. We find then the number Of all ar.
rests under such sections 10 have been,
Al and the amount Of fines assessed $195,
and the costs amounted TO $172 80, or a
total Of 1887 30
RECAPITULATIoN
1t will be observed that over one.half
the arrests were made under the7sh Sec
ton or under the head Of disorderly con-
duct, and little more thsn one-hsh the
remaining number OF arrests arose under
the 4th section, or as the papers style 1t,
under the head OF plain DRINKS, and We
arc safe In saying that tnine.tenthssof the
business of the police court springs di-
rectly from the sale and use Of whisky.
ANoTIcEABLE FEATURE.
1t Is somewhat curious to note the al
most even balance which the years busl-
ness shows between the amount OF the
fines and the amount oil the costs, the for.
mer being six thousand, nine hundred and
sixty dollars, and the latter Six thousand
and seventy seven dollars and ninety. five
cents.
COSTS AND FINES UNPAID.
When we speak Of anes and costs as un.
paid we mean that they were not paid by
the parties In the cases tried, but were sat.
iaded either by work upon the chain
gang or by confinement in jail In which
cases the fees Of the Sergeant and his dep.
uties, the lock up fees and the fees Of the
Clerk Of the Municipal Court were paid
by the city. The records show that Of
such fines and costs there were three
thousand, three hundred and ten dollan.
WHAT THE CITY PAYS.
The salary Of the keeper Of the lock.
up Is seven hundred and eighty dollars.
We find by the books Of the city clerk
that fees paid from the city treasury 10
the officers, including fees paid to clerk
Of the municipal couIt, amount 10 twelve
hundred dollars and that boarding of the
city prisoners has cost one thousand nine
hundred and ninety three dollars. There
was paid to the overseer Of the chain
gang i've hundred and fllty.nine dollars
and eighty cents, which makes the total
amount paid BY the city equal 10 four
thousand, five hundred and forty.two dol.
lars and eighty cents, or twelve hundred
and thirty-one dollars and ninety cents
more 10 collect the tines and costs aiore-
said than their amount. This extra
amount does not include any portion Of
the salary Of the Judge Of Municipal
Court .
NEARLY RvRN.
The total amount Of proceeds Of fines
and costs from the business Of the Police
Court is twelve thousand two hundred
and seventy.three dollars and ninety.hye
cents, and the revenue OF the city from.
licenses for the sale Of whisky and for the
keeping oil coffee houses and ordinaries is
thirteen thousand three hundred and for.
tyone dollars and tlIty.two cents.
TIE EMPLOYMENT OF PR1soNRRs,
At present there Is In consideration by
Council some plan for the better employ-
meut Of the labor Of city prisoners, and II
is question which well deserves its at
tention. Aside from the degrading influ-
ence Of service on the chain gang, this
method Of taking the penalties inflicted
by the court out OF the bone and muscle
Of the vsgabond convlcts ls, to say the
least Of 1t, an Improbable drain on the
exchequer Of the city. ....
BOSTON. .