New-York tribune., 1905-06-11
ARRESTS BY NIGHT.


T, ,be ,naeistrate's court the prisoner may
either furnish the bail required himseu' OF a.
he does not have the amount OF MONEY ~ a, -.
nossession (Which is generally the easel no ii"S
then produce his bondsman. ..
II q man is arrested after court hours. or II
he cannot obtain q, bondsman before the courts
close at 4 o'clock he is taken to the s~talioii ~
house and shut up in cell suL ~ tf,1saS go
he has certain rights which cannot De lhlrlHseo &c,
upon by officers without danger OF nhe UL uio
,1;SeaI He NAV persevere in his senolng OIL
letters and kilograms for a bondsInan. ana as
soon as the bondsman arrives he shouid ltisisI
nm having his case heard before magistrate
ssnaniaIIy called in for the purpose or before
the commanding officer of the station mouse. IL
the crime charged is a misdemeanor, the ponce
coDtafn or sergeant may take the bail, put IL
feIonv it is necessary that magistrate take
IT. For this reason there is a magistrate es
pecially appointed by the Mayor, VINO shali say
at Police Headquarters all the time 'ndt 'iIs
courts are closed and take bail at any time OF
the night. In this way the prisoner mas the
oDnortIlnitv of escaping a night in cell.
r. despite all that he may do, prisoner 10
unahIe 10 get bail. he still has privileges when
cannot be denied him without vloiating ms
rights If his cell is cold, he should OBTAIN
sufficient amount of bedding without paying
cent for such a necessity. Indeed, ne shouIu
refuse TO pay anything for the services oL .l inc
warden or any of the officers ABOUT the S'dIlot''
Commissioner McAdoo denounced most ennpIa'-
icallv the action Of the police in the case OF
Reohr,s arrest in taking tips for sending mes
soeee and doing other things for which they
asked several dollars. The only money that
nTisoner need pay Is for his food which is gen
era
no money the police should furnish 1000
Furthermore he has right TO know what Ihe
nrices for food are before he orders anything,
and thus avoid the extortion practised in some
station houses of making the prisoner pay
double the police taking the extra charge
Should the officer who arrests an innocent
man persist in saying that he is professional
criminal and take him to Police Headquarters
to he identified the prisoner must CO. ana II
required he should permit himself TO De pno.
tographed and measured He must also submit
TO the questionings of the officers OF the cen
fral detective bureau, so long as they are con
fned TO the alleged crime what pertains 10
#. But until he has trial he has the right
TO demand that his picture be not included IN
the gallery that is open to public 1nspectlon'
hut be for the private use OF the police oniy'
and as soon as he is found innocent ne
NAV call at the detective bureau and De per
mitted to see the photograph and its negative
destroyed
The course Of procedure at the trial is known
TO all NeTv-Yorkers who have been present IN
the court rooms, and need not be described In
fact the innocent that IS placed under
arrest breads the trial least of all. Here ne
NAV be heard and in most cases the blunder OF
the police demonstrated. In case this does not
happen and the magistrate decides that ne Is
not innocent 1t is the wisest course to employ
a LAWYER who Will conduct the fight for the
mans liberty the law provides