The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-17
REFLECTS ON MAGISTRATES
FOSDTCK REPORTS ON 4 BROOK-
LYN H4BITUAL BONDSMAN
vine owns a Property Assessed az 9sSS.
MoPtsAged Ter s1.s0O-Put u ~ n
~ Cases 10 oG the Bsads ForSeIsed
-Tighe Aeeepted n; Manner. ..

MoPtsAged Ger n2.B0O-Put u ~ n
~ Cases "a oG ths BsRds Forfeited
-TIghs Aceeptsd n NaumeF. q
Commissioner Of Accounts Raymond
B. Fosdick rejects on two Bn9cklyn
Magistrates in q report he ssnt 10 the
Mayor Last night on the methods some
Of the Magistrates follow in accepting
bail and recommends that the facts b
laid beiors the District Attorney OF Kings
County and the Bar Association.
Mr.. Fosdick takes az tho bass for bic
report the case Of q professional bonds
man named Michael H. Fsensy. He found
that In the twelve months ended April
%. 1910. Fesnsy appears % tines a. bonds
man on the records Of Brooklyn Magis-
tratss. ono Of the Magistrates beng
Furlong. now in Sing Sing for grating
by cOnspirins with bOndsmsn.
Mr. FOsdiok says that 10 certain cases
Feensys bond was accepted out Of court.
-the officiating MlEistrats apparently
emitting to cause the lerord Of HE action
to be- fled in the court
In each Of the 81 cases for which Feeney
gave bail the security offered was it0s
Sterling place. Brooklyn. Tho assessed
valuation Of this property 10 tITS. Il
was purchased from the city OF Brooklyn
In IsaG for SST5 by Fesney's wife. Il is
on record IN the Registers ofios that
the property has several times been con-
veyed and reoOnveyed from wife 10 hus-
hand. the latest record being conveyance
Of the property 10 Feeney by his vito,
subject % a mortgage Of n.SO0 which
had been put on IL on August >. iSo0.
Commissioner FOsdiok's report goes
on 20 say;
During the period from June 1 10 No
vember 20. 1000. while title to the property
mentioned was IN tho name Of hA wife
| Feeney became surety IN eight case-. max
ing AfhdaVi therein Of hh ownership IA
the properly and stating that there vas
no encumbRnce save a mort gage of $40
No mOrtmGe Of Sen appeas on the record
Feeney further perjured himself In twenty
three cases. In vhich he swOre that the
property was unenc numbered. although II
the time there was a mortgage of q. 80
against u. a. before referred to. lie alse
periured himself In six cases when he made
afiidavh that there was no encumhFancs
save a 600 mOrt "a 90. when ~ a matter Of
fact the o. so mortgage Was on recOrd
and there appeared no record Of . moFtgAg,
Of sem
on May /. 1910. there were sixteen iudg
menta upon forfeited hail bonds on record
In KinGs county eainst Penney. aggregatinl
%. IA IS and Constituting lien against u,
property which had been offered In eacl
case. 20 Wit. it0s sterling place. The judo
ments IN these Eases were al securod IN ID,
oompa Fatively brief period bsiweeh Feb
ruary ~ and April "a. 1870.
Of the thirty-elEht cases 81 record Il
which Fceney acted a. bondsman durinI
the period under review. Magistrate Tish,
accepted twenty-five Of tho bonds. Of
nearly sa per cent. Magistrate Naumel
accepted sir. Ma glatute Furlong three
Magistrate HyAn three and Magistrates
Hisginbotham. Connolly. Dooley and Har
ris one each Of tho twenty-five Gases
IN vhich Feeneys bond vas accepted b.
Magistrate Tighe seventeen were 20 ac
cepted while he vas sitting IN the Firs
| UlailllA couNs AluuAAu tue nine utne
MAglstmtes In the Borough Of Brooklyn
presided for some period a. the First DE
trict cOuri IN the course Of the year unde
cone ideatiOn they do NOT appear 10 hav,
accepted Feensy's bond In any case.
| In the light ~ the foregoing facts. all n
which are easily azceFtainahle from M
records. it y dificult 10 find justification
for the acceptance Of Fseney ~ bondsmal
by Magistrate Tiahe in tho twenty-five,
cases above mentioned II seems utteril
lnexcusab.e that In the ten days. for In
stance. between March 2 and March u
1910. this Magistrate should have aocepte,
Fecney ~ surety in seven cases In whicl
the same property was always offered
although at this time there were Judgment
Of record AGAINST the property on pre-
yiously forfeited bail bonds without Inn
putting the gTOssest negligence. u r. didicul
TOO to understand Why Magistrate Naume
IN. the short period between December :
Is0a. and January ?. 1910. accepted Feeney'
single piece Of property a. bail In four case
aErregating A liability Of s.O0O.
, The abuse Of professional bOndsmel
appears TO be ~ pronounced In our crimlna
court system, particularly in the courts q
inferior Jurisdiction, and the cases abov
cited bear 80 directly upon the situation
that I recommend that the facts include
IN this report he forwarded to the Distric
Attorney ot King Couniy and 10 the ia
} Association for such action a. may
dee med advisable In the premises