Year: 1875




The Chairman Cir CampbeD OF the Assembly Com
mittee on Crme denies the statement IN one Of the
morning journals that the committee would investigate
tne mode OF Tweed's escape. That u matter for the
District Attorney. The committee about closing
ther labors and IT Is not likely any testimony viii be
taken after this week


Ex-Jndge Edward Hogan testified that in ls4S there
were six police justices the city with population OF
between 800 900 and 000 Aldermen then acted as
justices and civil justices acted sometiea The Special
Sessions in lS4S held justices ofthe Court or Com
mon Pleas In 1865 act passed designating two
police justices TO hold the Court OF Special Sessions
He felt that it better have this plan followed
Then Aldermen wore called in to hold police court,
while the judges sat in tho Sessions He thought the
Special Sessions should sit every day. il would pre-
the crowdng Of the city prisons and enable wit
living out Of tho city get away He thought
the police courts should be spread about more there
is police the side of the city between
Washington place and Yonkers, distance Of about
eleven miles The average number OF prisoners daily
arraigned at the Tomhs is TO- This too much
magistrate TO do he thought He was in favor Of mag
istrates disposing OF


MINOR GASES At THE srArIoS HoUsEs


as u would rehove large number OF police officers
and prevent complanants being detained as long as
He believed II possible 20 suppress low gambling
houses where the game is a swindng one but difficult
TO suppress the higher classed ones The witness de.





tuition in Greenwich street. by sending the women
for SIX months the Island and taking the promise Of
the keepers that they would open their places again
for such purposes Witness had known cases whero
there had been many twenty thirty discharged
at once by the Commissioners without the consent Of
the magistrate He saw no difficulty IN women escaI
ing from the Island WoTkhouse They can come down
on the boats and deliberately walk out
Tho detectives should all be under the
become the private secretaries OF the captains he
opposed the proposed espionage persons convicted
rxufth "a
thorities their and residences; the prisoners
from the extreme end OF the city the north will have
to 80 five miles TO reach the Court House a. l25th
street


Justice Bixby also testified as to tho points answered
by Judge Hogan He in favor Of daily sessions of
tho Court OF Special Sessions with special justices
prisoners should be bailed pending examination he had


better opinion OF the ward than the headquarters de-
tectives parts OF the city there should be
courts established-one about West Forteth street.
and the Fourteenth precinct should DO the Es
Market instead Of to the Tombs; the courts might
be reconstructed as 10 equaze the duties of the
tees; he agreed in the main with the testimony OF
Judge Hogan


Justice r. Sherman Smith was the next witness
He thought the location OF the courts in the upper part
of the city should be changed many OF them
far from the station houses; Il will be difficult 10 de-
Of equalizng The business OF the courts If
punishment for repeated intoxcation was made moro
rigorous


INToxIcArros Would BE DIMINISHED;
ho had sent persons TO the Island for long term and
q day or two after they would appear again; he
able to account for it woman said TO him in expIa
nation, We'll Your Honor, as long as there are small
boats on the river and young men in them can get
OUT" she q young and pretty girl and
he had his own idea 70 her mean
ing; police surveillance over persons convicted
or offences so TO make them ticket oi-leave men,
would be well If IL could be enforced The law might
be amended TO cases OF this kind and 1t might
work we'll


Police Justice DufIy thought the fftyseventh Street
Court, the Harlem Court and the Westchester Court
should be changed TO make them the
station houses the Ffty-seventh Street Court should
be located the west side about Forteth street. and
the Harlem Court moved south He opposed to
separate justices for the Special Sessions Police mag
istrates should sit in turn but not tn sent
there by themselves Poverty was in his opinion, the
great Of crime policy shops contributed to H.
and he did not see why the police did not break them
up


Ex-Judge Ledwith agreed in the main. with other
having separate justices OF the Special
Sessions but he considered the police force large
enough There should be another court between Four
teenth and Fifty seventh streets As 20 the suppress
ing OF lotteries and Objectionable houses he said he
rarely followed up the he had after disposing
OF them in his Court He had objection TO give the
magistrates power to call jury and try cases, and
considers the reference OF them to the District Ator
ney unnecessary.


Judge Otterbourg being called, expressed him
self favor OF the justices holding Special Sessions,
and opposed 70 separate judges Last summer he had
disposed of ninety per day at the Tombs and did
not think any one suffered, az all had been given
hearing


The committee adjourned until Saturday at eleven
O'Clock, but will hold session to-day al the Roman
Catholic ProteCtory.