The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-08
POLICE WILL HAVE TO MIND
AND STOP TAXING BAIL CASES 10
THE NIGHT Court

Automobile Cases Taken There Last Night
In spite Of Orders-street women stm
Ply Apparently Cnmolested Schedule
Of Arrsiknsbie Gases Agreed Upon.
Policemen who bring bail cases to the
night court after to-day will find themselves
facing charges at Headquarters. Magistrate
Kernoohan issued an ultimatum last night.
With some eighty cases disposed Of as early
az 10 P. NJ. and new ones coming in by the
dozen he was not In very good humor when
Policeman Charles Silberbauer Of the Bigh-
bridge police station arraigned Orris Stanley
Eldrldge. 20 years old, Of 800 Clinton avenue.
Brooklyn, on a charge OF speeding above
the legal limit In jerome avepue near 10th
street. Eldridge 10 a Yale student, and with
his brother Elliott was on his way TO their
summer home in Greenwich, Conn.
The arrest was made about 8 o'clock and
Eldridge put up an emerald ring as bail
at the station house.
What do you mean by bringing bail
cases here? Will you never learn any
thing?" demanded the Magistrate. The
policeman said Lieut.. Marion had ordered
him down, as the defendant Eldridge had
insisted on an immediate arraignment.
He said. too. that Eldridge had seemed
very anxious to find out IL Judge Whitman
would preside when be was taken to court.
Nothing OF the sort. An absolute In
~vention. a falsehood." interrupted Eldridge.
who was sustained In his denial by bis
brother Elliott. Magistrate Kernochan
ordered the policeman TO report what he
had said to Lieut.. Mapron and declared
that any Lieutenant who again sent q bail
aaA. - ehaS ktAA 10 81. Hl.hS 1890
would have Il face charges. He held
the young man for Special Sessions In 500
bail. which was deposited in cash.
The next case but two was Just like it
Arthur l.. Warner OF so2 Riverside Drive
was brought in py Policeman John Nor
rissey OF the traffic squad. Who said that
Warmers car was running eighteen miles
an hour In Fifth avenue in the Fifties. The
policeman said he bad brought the man
straight to court and that bail had not
been given. He was warned not TO do
it again and Warner was held In 800 cash
bail for trial.
Only two women had been arraigned for
street soliciting up 70 1890 p. M. Both
were from the Fifth street station. One
was fined S. and paid IL. the other dis
charged.
President House. representing the Board
Of City Magistrates, and Deputy Police Com
missioner Hanson for the Police Depart
ment, have come to an agreement as TO
what cases shall be arraigned before the
night police court and orders will prob
ably be sent to-day to all the police oom-
mands in Manhattan and The Bronx telling
the captains exaoly what 20 do.
President House. after comforting with
Judge Whitman. had a talk on Tuesday
with COMMISSIONS Hanson. and the result
was an agreement TO send TO the night court
all persons arrested for disorderly conduct
and the violation Of city ORDINANCES after
the day courts adjourn. IL was also
agreed that all women arrested In these
hours shah be sent TO the night court. This
means that. with the exception Of women.
persons arrested for felony and persons
who nav given bail at the station houses
when no court is In session shall have their
cases heard in the day courts and that only
cases In which the Magistrates have sum-
mary jurisdiction shall be brought before
the night court.
The Police Department ls gathering
statistics as TO the time occupied by the
police In arrsigning prisoners In the night
court and also 10 securing data as to where
the prisoners come from. This ls being
done TO see If IT, would be advisable to open
a night court In Harlem.