The sun., 1894-11-04
Keeping di.orderly house and the other for

keeping disorderly house and the other for
Recorder smyth forthwith issued his bench
warrant for her arrest, and she was brought be-
fore him, and admitted To bail in the sum Of
Sl,OoO which was furnished by one Heilrung
Knowing that the Recorder himself was directly
the complainant in this case. the District AttQr-
etely. but the woman failed to. appear, and
jumped her bail. the amount OF which was paid
quently received that she had returned to this
country, her whereabouts was nscertained. and
on the l,th day Of May; 1891, she was again
arrniEned before him.
Application was then made for bail, which
generally is matter Of course in cnscs OF this
character, the offence being n rnisdemennor only,
but this the Recorder refused on the ground
that she was not amonahlc 70 bail and. ns MP
pears by his endorsement on the indie ctment she
was "conmitted without bail. rnd u Recorder
ordered her case on for Immediate trial. The
Recorder was determined that the case should
be brought TO some proper and final termination,
and four days after her cominitment a perfect
case having been prepared. IL was put on for
trial, and application was made for IN adjourn-
ment by the defendant. The Recorder set the
case down peremptorily, however and then
there was no escape from this charge, and Jane
Berth pleaded guilty upon both Indictments,
Agreeable to his usual custom before passing
sentence the Recorder caused careful inquiry to
hc made into the matter before he disposed Of
lars had been actually paid into tho city treas
nry Ordinarily, where q defendant returns in
a., case IKE this the forfeiture @ i yncated an9
the DISTRICT Attorney under no circumstances
TO allow the forfeiture to he vacated. So that the
defendant. upon her plcn of guilty to the crime
OF assault and from her fine of SlOO was mulCtCd
altogether in the sum OF l.lOO.
with respect to the Indictment for keeping
dtsOrderly house, IL was made 90 appear runClu-
siVely that the house was then closed aud had
been closed for some time. with no prospect of
It's beipY reOpened In consideration OF that
fact md the fact OF the confinement the woman
had nlreauy undergone and the Sl.1OO which
was alruady paid into the county, the Recorder
suspended sentence thereon. but not In the Ordi-
nary form in which sentence is suspended. lie
made his suspension conditional and In his en-
dOrscment made tho unusual insertion OF the
words for the present thus clearly intimating
that IL Mt any future time the woman should
come in conflict with the autorities or violate
decenCy she could and would be summarily SEN
fenced upon that Indictment.
= The Jane Berth above described is the present
Lexow witness, Mathdc Herrenann. and II Mr..
Con or any body concerned in the matter read
the records which Con appeared to refer to In
his examination the foregoing could have easily
been given from the papers.
since then application was made for a vaCa-
tion OF the forfeiture and the refunding OF the
$1,000 TO the woman, on the ground that she
had led proper life and was not engaged in her
infamous business but the Recorder unceremo-
niously denied the application, as IT. was only in
consideration of the payment of tho money to
the county that he did not impose more ex-
treme penalty on thehvoman.