New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-20
JUDGES FILLING TO SIT LONGER.
no REASON WHY PRISONERS SHOULD REMAIN IN
TRIED EXCEPc THAT THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY Is DILATORY.

Judge Cow ,ag who with the Recorder and judges
MARITIME and Fitzgerald constitutes the bench OF
the General Sessions OF thus city. was not pieaseu
Yesterday with Distrct-Atorney tcio"7 a''ei"P'
10 throw the responsibility for his shortcomings
on the criminal judges. and expressed great sur
prise at it. He said
II have always been informed by the pistrlc'-A'-
torney when | about 10 charge the Gran"
Jury that there very few cases Tor 'hefh u
act unon and that the Tombs contained very few
,risonors for these ii is news TO me II the
,ronbs &c clogged II such is the fact, II must De
an account of the registration cases, which we're
dismissed. 49,.
.sses fast enough has not always been the case. /
have frequently had to adjourn my court because
,ho district ATTORNEY had no business ready l
have a, such times carefully examined the cal'h-
dar irving to find cases. but have been ouilEe" ~
adjourn my court because the prosecution "d'
not ready TO go on. have always peeh "iIi'''s 20
men nv court early as 9 or 10 a. m anu 10 S'
as late as necessary TO try cases but the
At,ornev has never made any suggestion 10 me
that IT was at all necessary to 90 TINS. II "e'o
as reason for this present statement OF the DIS
,r,ct-Attorrey he should have said so. we "ou''
s,t early and late to dispose OF cases .
Judge Fitzgerad also expressed readiness 10 s'e
.o-lv and late II 1t was necessary. but had heard
ro,h,,g from the District-Attorney TO make IL de-
sirabe.
Recorder Smyth declined TO talk
rfin
rscessarv 20 do something to prevent the pigeon"
-, =, ,rd;c,nents IL untried cases continued 70
,,,,s,. and especially II another GRAND jury
u.s ~ he convened. The state or aHairs was III
evttsble he said because everybody h"e" .,"
,or cases with the exception or the most pV9
ones now 90 untried This was hatu'di W. o,
ronbs vas fun Of prisoners. Judge Mar'Ine p"o =
.,a,,. o. iine with Judges Cowing and fltzee'a'n
=, - .. having the courts sit longer houiS
The hour ~ II A. in was the traciuohai o'.o - Nv
caneral Sessions but there was no goo"
,,. ao,,co eycept that II enabled pohcein"h
10 attend to their cases IN me .o'''e .o-a, Sc.
.ora a,pearing as witnesses IN the 'e"''
-. t,dge MARITIME favored a fourth court VIM !"
no coo,,oon consent might be made court TOT
bail +, .o,,,c 81 the
Io,n r Fellows said yesterday IN speah"5 "a ''
,a,nr.s ,ba, Tanmany Hall was anxious 'h"' H.
i.r,s -, "a give Governor Flower an oppoI-
,,,v >, annoint another Democrat to succeeu MN
H. .,,,d hold office 10 the end OF next year
~ have no intention Of reslgnns Lnefe - 1 1
the published represe ia rosn Nobody
asEeS1 -, ,1e 70 20 ANYTHING Of the kind, $500 .o,o-
rl ne 80 aa.n declined to make any STAT
So.'ne. fe" , nstire OF the interview betwt IN
him and Charles c. Heanan ana G eop;J XIV.
no inklnr regarding requests sad 70 nave "
There wo,id be Developments ne aq1ed, wn .ers
migh, noSsF,v Ice looked for to-day. me 4,
Of the Committee Of Seventy rename, and done
az Co,o,s reioyys as to what was saiu an! -
a, Ss ,,er,@" with the District Attorney las.
week General Porter SAID yes.eruH' Iisi Al
connected with It must come iro'" '"e
tc.nev IA
i, was said Yesterday by those VINO pro!'ss, 20
have krca.edga - the Committee OF - -
secrets that the committee had asnrl 80 1nycroor
lows N i,ln with ,hein In their request - .',,
Flower for the appointment o: 81 tc'ai M ,io.
Ing officer 10 take charge o. me c@a af,er the
ators % the election law and the hh'' 49,. ' 1n
manner o. the desgnaiio9 ara app Bnnamu T.
Kings County last year OF .;o.i, - Of Jcnn y
McKane and the other Gravesend baIlot-ooX s'ui-
fers 49,. o,,,1
None OF the members OF the COMMIT ,, w.
talk YESTERDAY about their intentions resi' ,Ln IN
psrct-AttOrney. or what stelS nav ~
Eject his removal