New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-31
GRADY WAS NOT INDICTED.
THE POLICE JUSTICE MERELY CENSuRED.
A PRE-ENrMExT CONCERNING SEVERAL oT'E"

A pIE-ENTNENT CONCERNING SEVERAL oI"E"
OFFICIALS.
The Grand Jury I'm a pre>cntmcnt handed TO Jnoge
Fitzgerald In Part l. OF General sessions !e''''',
made some sweeping remarks atont the recas"e VI
vacrants committed TO city institutions rohee '"'
tlee Grady's conduct was criticised most se'r'.,''
and Conrad smyth. clerk OF the iorkNille fo'ee
Court was condcr ned for hi, part In The ii'e' P.
ceedInc No indictments found. because IL was
,bourhi that Justice Grady had mannsed 10 h'.p
inst irs side the letter OF the law The ony |'"' '
,he subject before the Grand Jury. Ihe P"se"'
ment reads as follows:
Tho attention OF the Grand Jury has been caiea "
he frcquen, discharges OF vasrant' ny tne .aa..r
o. Charte- and Cor rection on recomnehuauo" VI .a
of rollce Justices who had not made the com"''"e'' ~
especially to the following circumstance ., cha
I'm Noyember H. 1892, Justice Tslntor sitting a' '"o
yorkyile Police Court sentenced to the worShouse V
six months each eight di-orderly women anu w Wv,
loving day Justice Grady. sitting at the iom"' fo'.o
Court signed a recommendation Tor the as'"'is ,,,
eight Migrants, and their discharge was fc.A ga q,
ndaton, he acting upon representatives. "N'
him kv Conrad Smyth, CLERK OF the SoikNlilc Co"'"
Tho f.r,ud Jury examined carefully Commissioners vi
Charities and Correction and simmons roec "
tees Taintor and Grady. and Clerk Smy'n. l" "'
animation OF Commi- sioneis Porter anu o''""o Wv.
s,o,cd frankly that up to recent date they haa oeo
,,,, ,dcy an old law and accordance with the cu-tohS
OF the office which they found in practice wheh the' VIZ
APPOINTED Commissioners some twelve years ago '' -
had been the custom for thirty years al" '"e' ~
discharged Migrants mot crininals) at the w''h ieq
80 ,c,oor,,to, n anv police Justice, not necessarily
the committing justice. making point OF the a'nee
between criminals and migrants In this specihc 'aso
they had acted upon recommendation OF Jus'ce ""'
and had released the eight df orderly women
The Commission now dischargihe ohehue's o'
ou the written request committing justice ana an'
mitted that their original releases had been naae c'"
TO Section Ala OF the Consolidated Codc
Justice Grady, in explaining the circumstances o' 'o
,ease OF the Migrants November 10. stated that I'D
conversation other matters Conrad Snyth ehei ce
Of the Yorkvlc Court had represented 10 MN ths' en'
French women yagans had been sentenced TO the WORK
house for six months each By justice Iah'or "a' A'
tho .entcpcc Sayh had learned from one 81 the women
TINT they were all anxious Ia return TO Fn"e III" Oa
do 80 II they could be- released that Two OF the'I "a
had been convicted by perjury ana 'ha' u "ou "
the interests OF justice have their discharges Secd
.d,na,v Justice Grady signed recommendations for
their discharge justifyng himself on the go"na 'a
WAS a public benefit u have these women 'e"'
country las they actually did, and the county saved 'e
expense of their maintenance. especially eonsuer,s ''
,,m,,, made that conviction Of two oil theif num-
Der had been obtained by perjury -
Iustics trady also had made the requests TOT inc
discharge Of Migrants in accordance w'h inc o's w.
which he presumed the law. and adnru<u ne VIZ
4, onooncc OF thu present section 4f OF the 'ohsooaa
Code (under which he was now sct'na'' ana ssHu IVA"
for the discharge Of prisoners committed by h'ns'n.
Chief Clerk Conrad smyth, Of the iorkve >o"r'' "o"'
which Justice Tantor had sentenced thr eight warrants
an November H. stated he went to see Justice "ady
on November 10 in relation 10 some personal h'"''. ~
IN the course Of the conversation referred TO TIE severity
a the sentence In the Of the eight warrants anu
upon his approximation Justice Grady coh'eh,N - .s
Tho recommendations for their release. smih s'a mat
| In conversation with one "a the "oh'c" s"e "". W
statement that they would all rtuin at once u france
~ they were LIBERATED and that two 0t 'h'f NUM- "'u
been convicted OF pcrjucd testimony The "fana 'u'
f. NJ the opnlon that there has been no wiliu VOCATION
q the law BY the Commissioners Of charities ana 0o'
,octIon hut feel that there has been negligence IN me
commissioners In not properly Informing a'en I'm.
| their legal authority the release OF all oh'"uris'
! The t;rand Jury feels that while Justice "aaS ma
violated no law In recommending or f"iuc'.'s w
ha,c ~ blenders, his action November 10 Ia recon
nordi, the di.argc Of eight dIsoricriy women dfapH
a. nd ~ ,ustice and that his action was d-'ouiIo"'
u Justice Talnor whom he should eefh'hy hA'v va"
suited before taxing any acton "h''" ~ -. -
st.. a, p.rsons committed by another Justice than
,,,it. ard that n the statement Of Clerk smyh W !"
-, v,s q, sufficient importance 70 move him to
M recommendation the dischafge OF inc NsBrs"'' Nv
certainly should have taken some eoshA'"-' VI wv "
that perjury had been committed ,.,.,,,o.
Tho record Of the Office OF tile Commissioners Of 'h'''
, ,,,.e,lo, .bovs that Justice Grady has been con-
nleuous in securing. by his recommendations or
inc discharge OF lerge numbers Of warrants 'o"' v
other police justices. ,, ,,,., ,,...., suv,,
h vo,tvl. Police Court especially ccnsniAbie Tor
going TO another Justice than the Oe VINO h"a "h'"'e'
the Migrants and who was thoroughly iahlhit WIZ. "'
facts in the case aud whose reconm'h"a''o" V' ~" ~
asc o the Migrants could have been readily ooanco u"
n,o,ry verified statements such were made to justice
Grady IL, 49,,
| IL f. significant fact that commissioners ponce ~.
,to and clerks Of the court have all confessed lament
ne ienorance Of the law. and that In this case especially
,,ey assisted I'm the o! dsoricry persons sneheeo
from house that has become notorious IN ''' nes""
hood and whose prcpretrcss had been f~q"enV '''0'e
! the courts. - ,,..u.
The practice Of Issuing Recommendations for di'chafee
~ varran,' had common ana was eSerc''eu NJ
frequently by police justices unsequahtca win '"o Ta
- N, tho commitmcnts that has operated substantially
| ~ . no,do, vhcr. no Iardoning power was vested ana
nust have destroyed force Of all such sennees'
| Dated Ncw.York March 80. 1893.
WILLIAM II. HEAION. Foreman
SAMUEL CAREY. secretary.