The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-05
STUPID ARRESTS, MAYOR SAYS
NIGHT COI RT BI SINESS rams
orr tFTER MS VISIT.
hE discovery That Captains Are SIN
sing Pia,n Clothes Nca leads 20 .
Hurst sr activity 81 Headquarters In
PuttIng Baek the Discarded Z informs.

things lie dill was To dictate a statemeat
describing his observations while he was
a yi.itor To the night court on Wednesday
night lie sail thar two-thirds OF the
arrests were n.c less and stupid and that
there were one ur two cases where there
hal b,-rn arrests mad. for tho eNiortion
III money. What these cases were the
Mayor would not specify.
As a result possibly 81 the Mayors
comments "n needless arrests the list Of
prisoners in court last night became yery
short " wis RAINY night RlsO Up 10
10 o'clock only eighteen prisoners were
brought IN. whereas fifty IL the usual mum
tho arre-ting policemen were chock full
Of evidence against their prisoners. Nine
persons were arraigned charged with
intoxication but only one 81 them was
Two men werr brought up for fighting
in the street Policeman McCarr-n ie~-
tilted that he had separated the contest
ants twice bIt that when they Tell io a
third time he had felt compelled to lock
them up
-Iou should have separated them a
third time said Magistrate Murphy. Il
! will discharge them both McS'arren was
nsbbergasted
Tls Mayors report of what he Jaw st
the court - ~ follows
Sin"" much aud some that - untrue
r. being said 81 my visit mavb. | should
saw a word since Won ask for ~ what !
saw convinced me that the only necessity
for tho night court - for m. prompt DIS
ohargs at persons stupidity or uniu-'lv
arrested Nv stupid or vicious policemen
instead OF having them locked up all might
or making them the victims OF the prof-~
stonal hond.mga
II r. no injustice 10 hold over nigh' persons
Justly arrested They should look ou'
But two-third- 81 fhos. brought IN last
night ere stupidity and neeilessly arrested
and one or two of them corruptly. 20 sx'oTt
money. and I understand that proport ion
- he rule Tn. careful and prudent MaRis-
iTaie. Who presided IN the most admirab bic
manner. had to discharge rhom one after
smother
The poli'emen who make the~e stupid
arrests are the stupid men OF fhe force
If hi'llNA"IA ultu mo- 10 " NHN
few Intelligent policemen arraiEn prisoner
One policeman brought "a boy Who throw
n Tubt,aT ball In the street Tie should have
stopped him only. Another brought in a
boy Who dancei on a building platform On
IA. street Anoth her brought In Two mon
who per" uusrrelling lie had only 10
separate them and send them on They
had done no harm a. all Another brought
m no men on a similar charge Of battery
Their dispute was I,crfectly harmless Il
vas onlN Necessary 70 f"!l hem 10 stop and
go along London policeman would
hardly motto" them
mother brought m . man for di.puting
IN hall with his sister IN Law The offi,-sr
assumed to interfere and when ths man
took his number he arrested him There
Nas no ground Tor the arrest Three men
mere brought M for talking IN q loud and
boi-tsrnu< manner. the Policeman put
n The ori'-r wn~ unable to state a thing
they sad or did Ihr~e men we're brought
m harg-d With drinking beer out OF
csn The kind Magistrate asked what
that mai'ered Ni"N minutes later another
stupid uiic"r brought 40 three Other men
On the sam. charge
boy Who drives q delivery wagon until
late every uigh' FOR large depart mont
store ani walked ont 20 the corner within |
i've minutes after getting home and eating '
the supper his mother saVei Tor him vas |
'"P'n' "SE'' =" '"' "''nk Nv" ""-'"'-
inR the street II vas painfnl 10 49, the \
poor fellow = lir- trembls a. the Ma stsirst |
d.. a., a,,,,,r.,,, d, .,.,,, ,.I,,,
r.-,ed a. b. cam. on +, hos, 70, stealing a
cold rhi~ken Some ore said he stoIe 4, |
and me orlc"r made the arrest unlawIully |
That au oHio"r may not arrest without a
w'rr'n' Tor . mi-dem"'nor unless he saw
II committed seemed never TO have entered |
- u'',' 49,, uo'S' W ' w, s'" ,, '" u,"r'
Ia,..,,
Tb.-. ar. a .,mrI. ~ xba, Iox II
vas discharge after discharge When an
Intelligent of1oer nov and then arraiKned a
prisoner y was for good and serious "aus.
In'enisen' "m'ers know better man TO
mane tN.M Hnl .oo,-n a, 1'~ '""'
800 -, -, $500. NV. 49,. ~ .,
"a. pIsin ,h,, IN. h.., w.v was 20 hsy.
them nnalIv di-po-.d 81 then and Their.
But no. the Law has been tinksred with until
tho Magistrate cannot even take = plea Of