New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-30
ARRESTS on INCREASE.
Last Years Is 1873 More Than 1904,
Magistrates Report Shoes.

According 10 the thirty-seCond annual report OF
the Board Of City Magistrates which given
out yesterday. there were arraigned in all the
courts I47 g25 prisoners, Of whom 1852 were men
and boys and 1906 women and girls. Only thirty
prisoners were arraigned before the justices Of
Cour- Of Special Sessions sitting magistrates.
There were 1885 more arrests in 1895 than in the
previous year
More prisoners Of both sexes were arraigned in
yaIerson Market court than in any other In this
court alone 29o23 prisoners had justice melted out
10 them. The T0mbs court was a close second
with q .3e3 prisoners
Tier" We're eight bad boys every bad girl In
The last year. shown by the report of the Chill
drens Court. in which s467 boys and lOu girls-were
aIgals-rl
The arrests in 1875, compared with 1893 showed the
siglt increase of 1882. Referring 10 the increase
In each court. the report that the largest
crease i'm the Harlem court where 4O98 more
prisoners We're arragned In 1905 than iu 1904 Har-
lem accounted for one-quarter Of the increase I'm
evil
Mora courts are advocated especiall, in the East
Side from tho Battery TO 59th-sr. IN this part of
The city there arrsigred in 1915 Goa prisoners
or an average 0f sixty persons day in each Of the
three courts. ON this point the report says:
To enforce tHe criminal law and Investigate cases
STATE 81 Ne-Y.rt rljs tbr' % 80 Ine
rg-E ~ '' t lsa. me number OF cases dis
ceeds uat heard of ia all Of he civil courts 1t Is
reflection upon the administration Of iustict in
ms city that such state affairs should be per
...Ie- 70 continue new court should be insti-
54lea 81 The territory now embraced within the
courts
similar state ~ affairs exists on the West Side
ne report saws. and in the jefferson Market court
there is an average or eighty cases "a day.
The report shows that there were Psi fewer
American born defendants held for trial or con
Ncted than lu 1904. Natives Of Ireland Germany
and France were also less in evidence than I'm pre-
ceding years. but there We're 500 more Italians
ana Z4ta more Russians than in 1904 Under the
caption ~ "Courtrooms' the report says:
The present Essex Market Courthouse has been
50 frequently the subject Of just comment by my
learned predecessors that il would be bur clnula-
i've ID repeat the recommendations with reference
10 L-aI An attempt. however. has recently been
made 20 remedy this condition by establishing a
new courtroom on Madison-st. II has been pointed
our heretofore and is reiterated here. that this
new courtroom does not relieve the condition II
things
Court officers are censured severely. The report
declares that the magistrates have practically no
control over the men. 1t says.
They are as foreign to and as little subject TO the
jurisdiction Of the magistrates court any other
policeman that enters the courtroom in the dis
charge of his duties
Magistrate Wahle recommends that the Board
q Estimate be requested 10 appoint eighty six
attendants eight al a salary OF 81 400 year do
the work done by the police serReants and
seyenty-eight ~ q salary Of $1,000 year.
Magistrate Nahle was reelected president of tHt
board Of magistrates at its annual meeting last
night. James MCCahc also reelected clerk OF
the board After considerable discussion, Samuel
s. Elberstein was elected as a court stenographer