New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-19
JUSTICE DUFFY WE'LL SCORED
JUDGE BARRETT REVIEWS TWO oUrRAcEous
COMMITMENTS OF THE POLICE
MAGISTRATE.

Judge Barrett in the Supreme Court. Chambers
yesterday hauled Police Justice Duly over the Goals
In way that Judge Duffy will probably not relish
The story as told by +. b. House. who brought into
court the which called forth thesc remarks vas
follows Mrs. Annie Meyers and her husband lived
In this city until about six months ago, when the hus-
band died after "a long Illness leaving his wife PENN.
less Mrs. Meyers also i'll and weak. and after
her husbands death made application 10 be taken b
the Charity Hospital. she taken there and ~
manned about four months. when she was discharged
while still In an cmaciated condition. She went i'm.
mediatcly to the home Of her sister. When she was
about TO leave her sisters home her sister insisted hat
she should take small glass u liquor because she
weak. She did -. and before she had gone far The
liquor took effect upon her in consequence OF her weak
ness, and she was in the condition Of intoxicated
person.
An officer arrested her. and she was taken bet,s
Judge Duffy And then was enacted the greatest
piece Of judicial GuToonery that Judge Duty
ever committed, continued Mr. House. The woman
told her story and Judge Duffy remarked that II was
good thing for her husband that he dead else he
would be obliged TO live with drunken strumpek
Then he summarily committed her TO Blarkwers Is
land for three months Mrs Meyers declared that she
was not stiumpet and she told Judge Duffy that he
had right to talk in that way CT her husband became
he was dead. Thcreupon Judge Duffy arose In his
he would send her the island for year in default
Of 81. 900 bail She was therefore sent TO BlackweuS
Island for year.
enc Of Mrs. Meye-s's friends hearing only recently
where she YVES obtained writ Of habcanS corpus ~
curing her production before Judge barrett Yesterday
When the writ was served upon Judge Duffy. he wrote
discharged on October IL the back OF Mrs Meyert
commitment. This was the answer made by Assistant
DistrctsA;torney Crosse to The writ. Judge Barrett
said that Mrs. Mcyrr,'S commitment was unauthorized
by law and that Judge Duffy cOIi not escape from his
unauthorized act in such a manner as he had at
tempted 10 d. He also said that Judge Dufys act In
dschargin the prisoner clearly in violation OF the
law lie had no power to discharge Mrs. Meyers after
holding her in default OF ~ GOO bail. She com.
mtted simply for ntOxicatOn and the magistrates act
In sending her 10 Jail for one year wa, clearly unsu
thorzed by Law.
Morris JaGoby had been in the hospital for four
months, suffering from rupture. and when discharged
he returned home and Immediately had trouble with
his wife. she made a complaint 10 Judge Duhy, and
the latter. without giving JacOby chance to say
word in his own defence, committed him 10 the work
house for three months. lie taken before Judge
larretN In the supreme Court Chambers, yesterday IN
answer 70 a writ of habeas corpus, and Judge Bar.
rett discharged him. upon the ground that the evidence
against JacOby enough Ia authorize his COM
mtmcnt. Jaroby has been In the worKhouse neaiV
six weeks, and all Of that time he has been In ~
hospital. lie could not walk TO coart.