Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-06
NEW MAGISTRATES
ASSUME THEIR DUTIES
IN CITY POLICE COURTS
Flowers, Gifts and Friends, but
Few Prisoners, Greet Off
cials Who Were Elected
Is Last Month .
BOYLE STILL HOLDS ON

Flowers. gifts and friends, but few
Srisoners. greeted the new Magistrates
who assumed their duties today in the
various police courts throughout the city.
Magistrate Boyle is the only one Of the
defeated Ma gistrates who will hold office
until January I. The 1911 amendment TO
the Magistrate ordinance. which makes
terms effective the first Monday in De-
cember instead Of January !. was passed
after Boyle's election in 1903. He Will sit
in Court No. % until January by agree
mont with Maxwell Stevenson, who takes
his place.
The first two prisoners TO face Magis-
trate George w. Price in the Ridge and
Mldvaio avenue police station were DIS
charged They were Daniel Farley, 80
wears old 2p6 Zerelda street. and James
Minahan, 34i9 Sunnyside avenue, both
employees Of the du pont Powder Com
pany at Carney's Point
Mimahan had remained in the police
station over hight at his own request. He
had n large roll of money with him, ana
asked permission to sleep In cell. tar-
lev, VINO was arrested on charges of In
toxication, was DISCHARGED. who's GO
ing to pay for the time | lost?' he asked.
''You can be thankful that YOU wete not
sentenced 10 lnt iluuSt VI VllNNN''i' -
several days, and II It wasn't because OF
my first day in office and a tendency to be
lenlent should send you up, anyway
was the reply.
Magistrate Price succeeds Magistrate
Grel's and will make his Headquarters at
the latters old offices, 1880 Main street
Manayunk When lie arrived there today
he found the office decorated with ferns.
palms and cut flowers, the gifts of police
men in the district and his friends.
George A. Perch received four large
baskets of flowers, a clock, Indian rug
and many other gifts when he entered
the 18th and Pine streets station to as
sumb his duties as Magistrate. Two men
arrested on charges of intrxicatlon were
discharged 1t Is said that his friends
have purchased n complete new outht Tor
his office, which formerly was occupied
by Magistrate Haggerty.
Magistrate Thomas Watson had but one
cnse when he took up Ills duties at the
2sth and oxford streets station He heid
James Higgins. 2236 Colorado street, IN
500 bail for a further hearing, accused of
being an accessory IN the attempted sui
eide of Grace Roberts, p years old, 1IlO
Sydenham street who drank poison yes
terday. She is in the st. Joseph's Hos
pital
According to the police, Higgins told
Acting Detective Dervin that he had
given the poison to the woman. He de-
MED making the statement at the hear
ing.
FLOWERS AND SPEECHES.
Following the hearing several large
bouquets of flowers were presented TO
Magistrate Watson By Sergeant Hough
Hayes, the gift of policemen of the dis
trlct bunch of flowers also was pre-
sented to Thomas c. Morris the retiring
magistrate. Several speeches We're made.
Magistrate Harry Imber, who had not
received his commission, did not sit at
the I'd and Christian streets station to-
day. and several prisoners arrested on
minor charges were released. Carl b.
Baker, who takes MAGISTRATE McF'ar-
lands place In Court 25, which covers
the s5th and 37th districts, was ready to
assume his duties. but there were no
prisoners.
Magistrate Joseph S. Boyle was the re-
cipient yesterday OF n gold watch chain
and Elk charm from the policemen OF
the 61st and Thompson streets station.
Speeches were made by Lieutenant John
Ewing and Edward \. Kelly, an attor-
ney. The magistrate was $50 fustered."
according to the police that when he at
tempted TO hold the hearings he sem
fenced the fir. prisoner to 30 years in
the House OF Correction instead of 80
days. The prisoner nearly tainted. It is
said. when the sentence was imposed,
but breathed an audible sigh OF relief
when the mistake was discovered a few |
minutes later. -r- h..
The watch presented to the Magistrate !
was inscribed Is follows. presented TO |
Magistrate Joseph s. Boyle by police |
men of the 29th District on his retirement |
from office"