St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-20
ARE PENALTIES REQ LEGHTl
Judge COry's Statement iE1 Answer
To OFFICERS Complaints,

10 Officers Complaints.
There has been good deal of well-devel-
Oped kicking, of late, particularly among
the police officers, about the light penalties
usually measured ont to prisoners sent be-
fore Judge Cory. The officers, or many of
them. think that punishment should be
dealt out in larger chunks, and that
when a man has been run in
FOR a crime, and the crime has been proven.
he ought TO receive a sentence which he
will remember. The officers further claim
that when they go to the trouble. not to men-
ton danger, OF making important arrests.
their services ought 10 be Indirectly recog-
niZed by the support of the municipal court
judge. Numerous instances are cited
where troublesome prisoners have
either been lightly treated or
allowed to go altogether, while it
is a matter Of police record that tramps and
vags are almost invariably allowed to 20
with a caution. On the last point some Of
1icers have declined TO make further arrests.
or have been known to say it was no Use to
run in yags and they did not propose to
do it.
JUDGE CORY INTERVIEWED.
81 have heard there has been some out
side talk about this matter" said Judge
Cory to a GLOBE reporter yesterday, bat
l propose to run this court 10
suit myself, and don't care
what the newspapers or any person else
says about il. ! believe the complaint is
confined to policemen, chiefly, but it is
none OF their business how prisoners are
disposed of. All they have to do is to make
arrests and protect the city, but not to SEN
tence the prisoners after they are arrested.
l hear every day Of instances where men
are kicking, but they don't know what
they're talking about. There's OH
Ger Feise, for instance. He has
been talking every day since bail was fixed
on McFadden about the idea of letting that
man out on $500 bail. Why, the very man
who was beaten by McFadden wanted to
drop the case, but refused. He then came
forward and was the first person to sign
McFadden's bail. What can a man do
when the complainant does that?"
What about Pat Shnaley?" askedthe re-
porter
''Weu, when Stanley was brought into
court the officer who made the arrest failed
to appear at all. They wanted the case
dropped. | refused to 10 it and the pris-
Oner was remanded. When it came up
again Shanley's wife wanted the case with
drawn and the officer gave his consent. but
declined again. Finally, Stanley plead
guilty to simple drunkenness and l fined
him IS.
AS to the tramps, usually let them off.
but with the exception of two or three
cases they are never brought back. l think
1t is better to rid the city of them than ill
the workhOuse. The fact is when arrests
are made there is always some
person trying to get them off.
and half the time it is an officer.
And then they kick because prisoners are
not fined heavier. Why, it was only a day
or two ago that an officers son was arrested
for disolderly conduct. His father let him
OFF without any authority, but brought him
back on instruction from his superiors. He
then came to me and begged me to let him
60. ii the policemen will attend to their
duty and lun their own work, I'll try and
attend 10 mine"
CAPTAIN BRESETT,
when asked about Judge Cory's method of
diSp0sing of prisoners. said: Il think he
does first rate. much better than some of
tie other judges. | do not believe in
robbing any prisoner, and when a man is
fined. 40 matter how little it is. it teaches
him lesson. Yes, 1 think Judge Cory is
doing just right