Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-02
THE COUNTY JAIL.
The Prison Record for the
Past Year.
A Model Institution and Its
Inmates.
The Total Record of Cases Against
Alleged Criminals.
Only Seventy nine Prisoners Now in the
Place-Some Interesting Sta
tistics About the Iu-
stitution.

The county jail OF Los Angeles is to-
day model institution in every par
ticular, and for this high standard of
excellence Sheriff Gibson, who is ably
seconded by Jailer Palette, can be given
due credit.
Jailer w. A. Palette yesterday COM
pleted his annual report covering the
prison record for the past year. The
report shows 93 inmates less than in the
previous year. The total number of in
mates of the jail for the past year were
967, as against 1860 last year. There
was marked falling off in the number
of vagrants who have been confined in
the county prison. The Jail can accom-
modate 172 prisoners, although 250 pris-
oners have been crowded in at times.
The Jail is in the charge of w. A. Pal
lette and Turkeys A. G. Rooues, N. M.
Quirolo and Frank Bennett. The record
for the first day of the year was 70 pris-
oners.
The total record of cases against men
confined in the county Jail and the dis
position of the cases is given below:
Selling liquor to Indians 21, of whom 8
were acquitted manslaughter, l drunk
and disorderly, 2; misdemeanors, Sc;
resisting an officer, q; robbing the
United States mail, 1; petty lar
ceny, 81; cruelty to animals, l;
burglary, 80; incorrigible, 2l; public
nuisance. vagrancy, 229; obstructing
the public highways, /; absconding
from the state, l mailing obscene mat
ter, l ; malicious mischief, IA obtaining
property by false pretense, L; threats,
II; damage to property on the high seas,
l.; disturbing the public peace, 76;
interfering with an officer, l; forgery, 6;
injuring the public Jail, 2; embezzle-
ment, 13; gambling, 6; aiding and abet-
ting, cutting government timber, z
intimidation, q indecent exposure, 5;
keeping disorderly public resort, l.
assault, IL; Sealing from the postoffice,
l. assault to commit murder, IL; access
sorry to murder, l (; assault with deadly
weapons, 10; murder, z; adultery, 5;
battery, 2l; seduction, 3; contempt of
court, 4 illegal voting, i violation of
the neutrality laws, s; obtaining money |
by false pretense, 6; dealing and con-
ducting fan tan games, =; grand lar
ceny, 20; assault with intent to commit
rape, 2; robbery, 8; begging for money,
lutOAiCdtious diSOu, I, ONduiLS |
capture, 35; exhibiting deadly weapon,
2; harboring felon, l; perjury. IL;
receiving stolen goods, l; escape from |
an officer, l; felony, l petit larceny, l i;
assault with intent to commit rob-
berry, l. 5s
The above cases make total of 967,
and in addition there should be included |
27 persons who are held in the county
Jail as witnesses in various cases.
The record of insane cases confined in
the county Jail during the year shows
that 81 cases were received. OF these l |
was sent TO the county farm, 10 to Stock
ton, II to Napa, 81 to Agnew, 25 dis
charged, 2 died, and sent to the county
hospital. The report for the year as
compared with the previous year is a
very satisfactory one, showing as it does
q marked decrease in the vagrancy cases.