Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-07-09
A JUDGES EXPERIENCE.
HE THINKS LAzINEss is THE CHIEF
CAUSE OF CRIME.

The Results of Judge Duffy's observa-
tious as a Judge in Police Courts-Re-
ment Houses--Idlers.
From my experience as a judge In police
courts, should say that laziness is the
chief cause of crime. Tho young man
who is inherently lazy will steal rather
than work. According to the Scriptures
I a man should earn his bread by the sweat
of his brow, but in our large cities there
are thousands of men who will do neither
mental nor manual work, and who prefer
to get their living by preying upon the
community in some form or other Young
criminals are born bad. You cannot
expect that the sons or the daughters OF
a thief or burglar will be naturally
| good. Their whole surroundings are bad;
nearly every influence that is exerted
upon them from childhood up tends to
make them as bad as their progenitors
Even girls and boys inclined to be good
may, by contagion, become bad
REFORMATION OF CRIMINALS
! We have many institutions in this city
| for the reformation of criminals of both
sexes, but think that very few of the
experience with law breakers justifies the
truth of the saying: "Once thief
always thief" once let o boy get con-
taminated with the poison of crime and
he will live and die an outlaw of society
| In the court room | can tell at glance
children who have been brought up in re.
| formatories-their manner is deceitful
and they have hang dog, crouching ex-
preston of countenance.
In my official career have met a great
many criminals, and | must confess that
among them l have never known of q
genuine case of reform. Quite long time
may sometimes elapse between their terms
in the penitentiary or states prison, but
they are sure to return for some new
offense sooner or later, more hardened
than ever. Once in a great while man
who has gone wrong will attempt to re-
FORM but that is exceptional burglars
will die burglars; pickpockets cannot be
reformed, and confidence men would
rather get half dollar by practicing their
beguiling methods than earn So honestly
Ia the same length of time 1t is indeed
true that to them stolen fruit is always
the sweetest.
Crime, however, is no more prevalent
in New York than it is in any country
village In proportion to the population.
7 baya y;sitad ayary largo city In +be
Tn;taa sta9as ana naos+ af {ba la1oe cities
If En- Eurone % have @ mad made - ;nnu;,:es non I in re- re
Sra,.d 80 a,.;,,,a a,d he .n-rde - tho CON
s s,,sion that @ Ner ynrl r notwitbstandine % b tar M
that II is ~ . rendazvons % for ~ criminals from
all nasts Of tba World ia ~ Commensurate ti m as
fraa from cri1na 90 sny c;ty in tbe mi
verse - =
CHEAP LODGING HOUSES.
what is colIed tLa +anen,en+ bonse sve.
+e,,, camsas on ;n,rna,,se annnnt Of criIne
IN nj Iensment ] - bnnsas = neonIe %~ are are obliged , to
bard he = toretber es in s,5ch pJop0 way wa that the h
risinr in esnara+;an csn,,o4 haI,' u,tnass;no m
4ba 5gaSretr;cions Sg, ions relations relation that exist he
twaen w MI tba sapss eve in tbasa dwellings, Free
raad;nr rooms ~ I,ct,1r,s sf,r Stn,nisf
crime p . cartain sStant hnt the tan ceni
1adg;ns I ~ houses q m % more % tban co connterhalanc. @ @
The Good done by all the FORMER SncI
iod doing honsas have cansad mora destitn
+;o4 6oro beraary | and cr;ne NC than an, NJ
: otbar % .-, aaencn nov @ a Macban;cs ans
iabor,rs ,rayo hattar ofT vaars @ ~ who, he,
/ +bau bad ~ no, froI, eo fn - es ,uaei
for thair hoord /, reo,,,ar pro hoordin bonsaa
Wachonica novodaSs SC sae,n n Sava no
, ih1o oohe,niah AiapiVs; Iney are s!- tthe Wv y
gypse @ ~, aLo si,i ~ ',ea u.s. anu rtont to :