The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-12
THE POLICE COMMISSIONERS

CHARGES PRRFERRED AGAINST THEM FoH wu~
Full VIOLATION OF Law AND OFFICIAL or
PREss1os-rM MAYOR TO ACT PROMPTLY n
THE MATTER
Yesterday Mr.. A. Oakley Hail. counsel for the
three men VINO we're arrested By the police some
days since ON the charge Of having been engaged
In the robbery OF sale belonging to tho Adams
Express Company, and who were detained for two
days in a police station instead OF being taken
before magistrate. submitted o series OF charges
against the Police Commissioners and the Police
as ioihows:-
To THE MAYOR OF NEW YohK CIrv:-
ann ss fss
Ssy ssyf with
STRINGENT provisions against the undue detention OF par
ssaSs. sysTnaS aoa.sn: ns arrest h, Of so ;os
Fssruary they did not, duros Two following days.
wSoS Ssm and
manner iorbiddon BY he common law and the statute.
Sro ss before '0s bsns HonOra6y dis
oHssaa they were guilty Of Official oppres
SIGN Swa5S Srey refused to allow members or
the Families Of she said prisoners to visit hcm even in
SpsiSeat;on Ssro.aTnsy refused to allow Margaret
sweeny Of No % Rector street e take message a 70 Ss
sSs '.a no"
m len on ca hs or
harry & that these prisoners were thereby prevented
VA. quit, Of
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be would keep the prsonsrs e. long =: he saw ~ ana
let DO one ''e 'nom e o%RE4 HALF 81 Broadway
The following communication from Mr. Hal &C.
cOmp1nieQ the CnargeS:-
To the Hon w,.Ax H. w,cxnAs. Mayor Of the ely OF
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was isr.liy proper hccaas. magsirsies court was
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that REQUIRED q. PIisonsrs in station house to bs 81 aksn
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ton over Syesny 10 the oihcis chamber, and there
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when this chamber animation az
most illegal character occurred in the superpten:
court 81 Is: sfs!nooa ssi1ssasy, nearly s%sasy:
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counsel and she told tho she had been
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tho usual hour, Sweeny did make kind oi confession,
known that coansc In and had In the III
tsrest Of the public announced intention OF laying
AL these matters before the Mayor the Superintendent
s%naoH aeS SnD SSun:sl o. S sandy
sunday morning, been legal right of most sa4red
ceedinss * duress AND this Violation q ths section
OF course compel through nossion discovery
OF the fruits crime to force evidence and to secure
probably, some contingent reward I need not to In
form you that In England when policeman arrests 4
snppossd culp,t he not only rsirains from talking with
Immediately, and ~ part Of hts instructed duty
the cuiprit however depraved he may be, COM
NIT himself nor cay anything lest his words shoui ba
used against hun nor need inform you that the BRITISH
magistrates whenever some rash policeman has traps
cended thu duty, have repeatedly and strongly de.
nounced and rebukcd him. And our own courts have
always reprehended practice of this police
Ing Process But as recently constituted the q desans
detective was about to wJlte SYSTEM but let sayl
arrangement OF Mulberry street with ITS Dogoke ap.
pnrtenances OF doors and bridges and Venetian bur-
store INs The Hs.sol oompuisioa vsss.