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


A Summary Of the Business of the
Police Court Of Wheeling from
February LIST to December 3Ist,
1873.
[By ous Old Employed
We are not aware that there has ever
been any Police Statistics for this city,
published either by the city authorities
or by any body else; certainly not for
many years.
The dark side of city life ls not pleas.
ant TO contemplate and yet a careful
scrutiny OF its criminal phase Is not with.
out benefit.
It is only by such scrutiny that the
causes which engender the disorders OF
city life can be determined and the ratio
Of their increase be fixed. Our police
history will we think, compare tavorably
with that Of any city Of the same size In
the country. III Is by no means dark
history and we don't know that our fair
name will suffer by the statements which
we lay before our readers.
NUMBER OF ARRESTS.
An examination Of the police record,
in the Office Of the Clerk Of the Municipal
Court shows that for all causes there
were, during the eleven months ending
December 3lst, 1873, nine hundred and
eighty.three arrests
FINES AND COSTS.
Fines were imposed to the amount Of
six thousand, one hundred and ninety.ei
dollars, and the costs incident thereto
were six thousand and seVenty.seven dol.
lars and ninety.flve cents, or total oi
fines and costs amounting 70 twelve thou.
sand, two hundred and seVenty.three dol.
lars and ninety.tlve cents, which lacks
only two cents Of being twelve dollars and
fifty cents for each person arrested.
FINES AND cosTs-How PAID.
OF the total amount Of fines and accom-
panying costs, eight thousand, nine hund
red and sixty.three dollars and Eve cents
were paid BY the parties brought to trial
and three thousand, three hundred and
ten dollars and ninety cents were
liquidated by service on the chain gang
by imprisonment In Jail, or went by de-
fault.
THE SECTIONS OF ORDINANCES UNDER
WHICH THE ARRESTS WE'RE MADE AND
THE FINES AssEssRD.
The offences are embraced unde.
thirty.one sections ot the various city or.
dinanceS. The seventh section under
head OF offences refers 10 what is termed
disorderly conduct and under this section
there were FIVE hundred and thirty-two
cases or more than one.half of all the ar.
rests made,and the fines imposed amount,
ed 10 two thousand eight hundred and
sixty.eight dollars, and the costs to three
thousand seven hundred and twenty.iouH
dollars.
The fourth section under the same head
embraces what arc styled drunks, and
the number Of arrests under this section
was two hundred and twenty-seven, OF
a little more than one-half Of the balance
lett after dVducting those embraced under
the seventh section.
The fines imposed under the fourth sec,
ton amounted 10 nine hundred and sew
enty-two dollars and the costs ito one
thousand and eighty-six dollars and
thirty cents.
Inc 1stI lltnI 4otn, 20th, Sbth and 27th
sections Of the ordinances in reference tc
wines and liquors and ordlnaries and cof-
fee houses, regulate the manner Of con-
Quoting all places for selling wines,
liquors, beer and ale.
The number Of arrests under those sec
tons was iorty-two and the fines imposed
amounted to six hundred and two dollars
and the costs amounted to two hundred
and thirty.nine dollars and flfty. five cents
or q total for fines and costs Of eigh'
hundred and iortY.one dollars and forty
Eve cents:
Under the 1st and eth sections Of the
ordinance against gambling there wert
fifteen arrests, and tho amount Of fine.
assessed was six hundred and torty dol