The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-28
SOME THINGS HAP
PEN WHEN ARRESTED

Were you ever arrested? If MOI,
yoa have missed an experience. ana
whether pleasant or not it is one
worth having If you could get through
it without any serious consequences.
But the trouble is, you can't, that
is, If you reckon as serious the ca.
tering Of your name. offense ana
record on big book which lasts for
ages, and which is a standing blot
upon your otherwise good record
When one is arrested the fact goes
| down on the records never to be
| blotted out again, and no matter how
small the offense. if the prisoner is
arraigned and fined his name will APP
pear on the docket for all line 10
come, with burglars, sneak thieves,
confidence men and even murderers
There is no aristocraey of the arrest
record it is the mot democratic rec
ord in the world.
A trip to the. jail under arrest is
like going to first-elass hotel IN one
way, one is reg. stored the first thing
ana assigned q room.
The prisoner Is searched and any
money, weapons, or other property
which might be used in come manner
is usually tied up in handkerchief
with the prisoners name written on
a piece of paper The bundle is then
locked in a drawer and turned over to
The prisoner when he or she is re
leased
If he offense Is not too serious and
the man arrested is thoroughly known
70 The police, he IL sometimes releas
ed on his own recognizanoe, and ri
lowed 70 report in time for trial next
day. Sometimes a watch, or sam of
money Ia put up' for a prisoner
appearances aud IN this way a night
ia jail eel Is escared.
The next morning a. 0 o'clock the
prisoner IS marched up 10 the police
court room, where Judge Robinson
holds his daily session. II the offense
is small and the prisoner ready to
plead guilty, the matter is soon dis
posed of, but If not trouble begins
II he has been arrested on a stale
warrant and pleads not guilty the
states attorney is called and he pre-
secutes. If on a city warrant and the
pea is net guilty. then the city at
torney conducts the case.
The law gives a man the right to
call for a trial by jury even If his
offense is merely drunkenness, but in
few instances have prisoners cailed
for trial by jury.
Practically ninc-tcnths Of the pris
oners sign jury waivers and lie. the
Judge deal with them as he will
If the offense is serious toe prisoner
is held to the grand jury for further
investigation. If not. the judge dis.
poses of 1t at once.
On the docket, which is kept by
Judge Robinson, the name of the pris-
oner is entered and the section under
which he is fined. This record has |
been sought for more than once by |
business men looking into the past |
of possible employee. and woe to the |
man who has been before The judge |
and whose record stands against him
IN the big book"
1t is said that a candidate for a
position on the fire department was /
recently disqualified because Of ar
entry in one Of these big books, and
even a candidate for the police de
partment suffered a similar fate.
In the record book of the chief Of
police is kept the name of every man
arrested. the date, charge agains
iim, officer who made the arrest.
Judge before whom he was tried. the
amount Of fine and how disposed of,
paid, suspended, appealed.
tic
I. will be seen from the foregoing
hat a man who is arrested is pretty
;ure of seeing thai record prerervei
or all time. much as he may want it
dotted out.
The names of some prominent busi
less and professional men and even
# a minister or two appear On 'he
Jairo records. They have been ar
ested for minor offenses, violation
IF health ordinances, etc. but their
lames go down to pos Gritty along
With the criminals IN the books.