The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-07
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WHAT A wHoPPER.
1.-THE Mayor Of Hob1ksu and the Chief
Of Detectives Of that city, on oath tssti-
iyiag, that they had no kaowlsdgs OF
liquor saloons or theatres bstng opsa In
Heboksn on Sunday, also that a policy
shop did not exist In that city. Such a
condition OF affairs in Hoboksn must bs
very gratifying to its law abiding citizens
and rebound to the credit OF its chief
magistrate.
mindful of the admonition of the
Court the Grand Jury where a primG
fdcie case could possibly be made out,
had presented indictments against all
policy de ,lers and other gamblers OF every
description. Its WORK In this respect has
extended to every municipality OF the
county and has been, WI confidently
believe, thorough and complete, aud con-
scieutiously and faithfully performed.
I'VE desire to call Inc Courts attsu-
ton to The p~ractlcs Whish prevails.
where a prisoner who fails to be indicted
aud who Is unable to give bail. is retain
ed at the expense Of the county In the
Jail on the chance of q subsequent in
dictmsnt, OF Of his appliea ton for trial
at S social Sessions IL rsRrshsusible and
ought to be discOntinasd, ualsss the
charge against the prisoner 10 Of Q sari-
oob GA&k St0t - - RtOOLS "a aLAe -
clear, and then the prisoner should bs
held in custody only BY the express
sasction of tais honorable Court. We
Understand the Grand Jury to be Que Of
the constitutional bulwarks of freedom,
and that when IL has considered she case
of a poor, friendlsss prisoner, who cannot
give bail, u has failed to fnaist him, he
should be promptIy restored TO liberty
and not held untll he 10 coercsd into some
action that will afford o1ieiAl fees, unless
for good reason. that holding has the
exp o. ess authority Of this Court.
IA custom deserving esnsure in that
which prevails among Justices of the
Peace and Police justices Of holding,
frequently for montha. complaints, gen.
orally Of u trivial character, Ia their poa.
session, All criminal cases ought TO be
for warded 1t once tn the Prosecutors
ot1cs to be laid before the Grand Jury
without unnecessary delay. Punishment
Of crime to be effscfive must be speedy
as well as inexorable. The custom of
holding complaints offers opportunity
aud TEN ptatioa 70 Illegal disposal.
CONDITION IF SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
The Graud Jury would cali attention
to the wrstcned conditioa of soma of our
public school bull tings, especially Public
School uuillliug No. l. on YORK street,
between w Washington aud Wa rem streets,
10 Jersey City. 1t il the opIdion of the
Grand Jury tnat this Dut.diIg Is unsafe,
il it IL to Ds juissa oy the deareDlG CON-
dition OF its brick walls.
I'm DISCHARGE OF It's duty the Grand
| Jury made q thorough inspection aud
the prisoners confined therein. aud oe all
affaire connected herewith.
MOI A CREDITABLE COUNTY JAIL.
The jail IL an old building copLempo-
rary of the Hudson county of y half Cam
fury ago. To the HUDSON county of to-
l l,rr { = a. - raf7Tf IL II fn n0r l--x~
enough to accommodates properly the
number of prisoners coufiued therein, ii
any attention ID to be paid to hygenism
Tires men or women crowded In u missr
able little cell, scarcely large enough
for one person., is not In keeping
with the, civilization of the nineteenth
| Century The ventitlation and general
sanitary arrangements Gao be i'm sroved
upon greatly. The condition of the Jail
az regarded cleanliness was very credit
able 10 the jzilcr, aud the food furnished
the prisoners was found to be excellent
In quality and generous In quantity.
The discipline Of the Jail was good, and
no complaints of ii!-treatment were made
by the prisoners.
THEY SAY THEY WERE HONEST.
'In Conclusion. Jns Grand Jury would
stale 10 the Cour that. although 1t has
on several occasions been tae subject of
unjust aud uiimerited criticism on the
part OF the press, nat lAcJ mas not de-
tered 1t from an honest. faithful aud In
dustrious discharge OF its sworn duties.
1T has made 'diligent inquiry for vio-
lations of law AMI public abuses. and
whore competent evidence OF guilt exist
ed has not tailed or hesitated to do It's
duty as to indictment, without fear OIL
favor,
cit has accorded a fair hearing to all
persons VINO asked to be heard and
patiently and faithfully investigated all
complaints submitted to it. IL has held
as frequent sessions a. the interests of the
pubic demanded aud conti9ued It's ses-
sions until ali witnesses had been ex-
amineu, and all busIues before it had
been disposed OF. Il aas conside ed au
disposed OF upwards OK 500 comolaints
and matters origiut ted py itself or
brought to Its attention. aud has found
800 Indictments"