The New York Herald Newspaper, January 10, 1849, Page 2

core; my business was to intend the femsle | probable that the stringemoy of discipline that ought | meroial city in the Westera World, containing over Finer Distaior (Hats op Justice der embarrarsmente from oanses beyood their satent- IMPORTANT LOCAL DOCUMENT, | zeer: wens. pmo i any igh els vies, | to exist im & priton, must neosearily be somewhat | 400 000 iobabitants. in felt as o strong prof of the Committed for Ware taciog tan mtannat f thi Tibeite ant canvieted actuate ere ‘Aoher that it wan Dot my duty to take charg» of the | abated They fou: entire freedom of intercourse | effici-roy of the police. September October and November. woes LOIS 1d rometimes as the records ney,“ ab pri ons; | spoke to Mr he audjrct. te | betweem prisoners, also between the prisoners nad | In the offer of the oblef are three cells, where suoh “Of which wore fully o: a bir (cr ber) own request.” And [ leara that many of THD PRESUNTMANMT | said toot he a aot tt was or aot; {| tb: Confined, which, 1m the opinion ofthis Graad | as the Mayor commits are detalaed aotil disoh: Do, do diebarged ie e them are cases where the persous have a, ad was | ff-nded at Mrs Acker's treatment, aod leit the | Jury, wer most truly fojarious by Vy in free from the conatant iotru- De. do. do. be-n denied edwittance to the Alms Hours sof are or pr eon, end weat to the horpital; after this Mr Aoker There prisons, excepting the one at the chief's offloe, | won of lawyers; who are at all times at the Tombs Do. ao do ent te the Penitentiary to seve them from pari bine. apne ated prisoners as keepers; Vir. Ac erasked me | are under the direc'ion of Mr “edmond ad | with every appliance to facilitate the discharge of Doe, do. do. But the magi: trates overiook the fact, that they have THE GRAND JURY. in what way I would treat Mads Res-ll if she came | beeper with » ber of assistants, and pers | De. do. do. $—760 Precienly the samm right to send to the Alms House Sass - there; | ssid { would treat ber as otber prisonurs were | jury bave full contidence in bie purity. The Grand Jury visited @ number of the station | —— 1,012 | they bave to rend 10 the Peui’#atiary. ‘The Grer d Jury for the Wourt of Oyer and Term'= | + ated; Mr. Acker then said | guess! shall bava to take | rectpess of bis genetel views mgerding the treatment | bourre, and found most of th-m in very good conditien. Ssconp Distaict —(Jervranon Mauxer ) to pe 7 mer. baving bern charged by his Honor Judge Ed-goads, | her (Reeteil) under my own charge; at thet time | | of priconers Mr Eamoade was before theinguest, aod | The Fourth wardwas rot ao well Hb ded and kept ns Committed for ex»mination during the months of . re adjadeed the: to make ap exemipation of the prisons, sud otarria- | th ucht it was all « joke, but. from what has simoe | testified to the primary importance of herping | wost oftbem spprared to be vy receive @ large September, October, nnd November. +++. 264 | be improper pers e Alms House. and etitutoms im tbie county, which are uader tha direo- | takeo place, think that it was all ovld ch prisoner reparate and distinct from the otners; | number of prisoners every pight; eod ac hte = Of which were folly co . 110 bave+pread the reasons for that adj 1dication upea the tion of the city authorities, do present the fullowing wek or @ fortnight afer this conversation, ro to the evil that ercse from inst: that they bi Do. do. disobarged in 5 days. reoord — Ma om Reste | came u, ; | left the prison t kina belug Do, do. do. do. 10 do.. | have thus endeavored to comply with the request ef GS before -he came; I apoke to Mr, Leonard | ab'e direction Th: i be aid that [ | juagment he think: orp re = he perf rmance of their dut; the Grend Jury as conveyed t. me in their ea lutioa, they visited Blaok- | ucepital. ju apd at such bison he cannot be. to t be curpo-e of peri teeener. om the rubjrot. best, ashe holds his office at the | kept eepere 6 7 —(Fanex Manger) in as svooinct a manner ase proper unders:+nding of f tad bee A that he would see Me, | mercy of thr Corporation Ifthe keeper had the fall | At the Sixth iMiculty equally great appsars,im Committed for examination during the months of the matter wou ' mea te eke ral it rightes; Mr. Acker trol the prison it would be @ great im- | reference to their place of detention, i 8 3 November. Perbaps tt would bare been @ suffinient compliance ‘was the Ovly course which they in jusciee tothe orm: | eas , and it is hurd to control the prisoners for want The further the prisoa regalations are | many that frequently more then a degen are put Of which were fully committed, witb the resolution. if | bad contented myscif with « monity, of wbioh themsrives are « part, could adopt. UobDor Bt; bave seen the prisoners disguised with | removed from the Corporation the better. He has | one cell we should suppore. not over twelve Were, Do. do. discharged in 6 da; mere statement of the result at which | nad arrive Some of the evidence, im @ very condensed form, fe | liquor but do not know where they gut there ts | rurpended @ keeper for cause and the entire @om- | This evilin the Sixth ward we suppose. there- | Do. do, do. do 10 do, the subject, in rerpect to which they ask-d my opinion. 2 berewith evtmirted mvob NOTE roOM Deeded at the hovoital; | at at Me. | mittew on Peleone, made up of both of the politiosl | medied without the least diffculty,aeth+ range ofosils | Do. do. do do. 15 do. It bas bowever, cont me only a ‘ittie labor t> give the J.B scott. Eny., Recorder. deposen and saya: Visited | A k-r's table; there is nome freling butween us; { thiok | paitien, bave requested bin being put baot on duty | immediately cver their prison of equal dimensions. ep- | Do. do. do. do. 20 d Tesrone for my decision. and | have ascumed it bessase the Penitentiary 10 company with District Attorany : ould be some room provided for the matroa of in the month of April, 1845. the foreman of the pre- | pear to be altogetber uoured. except for snoh purposes L believed it would be mor sxc-ptable to the Graad erked to see the books; the d+puty at the office showed | the prison; there is much reformation nended iu the | rent Grand Jury made a presentment, from which an | as might be changed to another locat'on. was it deem- The whele number of commitm«nts to my charge for Jury, as it was more ‘them; went to visit the prisons; Ann Lohwan made tome inrvlting remarks to me; the Vistrios Attoraey punishment would be infioted, eputy Keeper, Deposes ai to ray that no alteration wha’ directed by law ro viele the pri wes appointed one werk before Vir. Acker; . | correct eny one of them; and Bond were to be treated in that way, the keeptr raid be | 4. came up. | reported to him rome practises that had | rame or greater force. +x’ Tact, showing come of the ev! ‘gether with reoommrndatio thet then existed, is made; 4 also been made to they exist in the ble to use this wasted room forthat, or im any the yearend) Treen! to m November Int 1848, 1s 12 684 ‘Whole number of vaerantein the fen tentlary, jegrunte have for years uumbered at the pe- | Malra.. . ‘a1 'Y geveraliy about 7 bout, thirds ta. Females. 465 wales aud u Jorge Dumber of them are lamater of the —T1 lowest order of houres of prostitution. They there be | There are no recorde of conviction filed in the cases r Would reprrtit; atterwardy on aveimg Me Acker, they | 6x) ted, which were inj u-riot d they were corrected; Eetract — Their attention was first directed to the creme diseaced, and prerent themeelves at the police of 02 malex, 148 females... ......6.+ é spoke to him on the subject, he srked what pua- | pquested Mr A a bumber of times tolay down rules | city prison. A great evil was immediately brow ht to hi should cause to be far- cffice frequently im the most loatheome form that o1n. isbwent they w: remarked to them that if for the government of the Keepers, und that a roll | ther notice.in the way of commuatoation batwern pri- | nirhed to each station bourse, blank receipts, be imagined. aud desire to be sent to the [sland for the Total number of roco-ds filed... . Dad been present, they should not bave preva the Books; | bh culled at proper times; cannot keep good order | sopery confined in the same rang of ce'ls, Hhrough the | and when a prieoner is rent to the magisttee purpore of being cured. Asscen ascured. aad they | Of thene records the follow ng fe tra the District Attorney wanted to see Harrinon; Me 4 | for want of good rules. and ® keeper thet bas enercy | medivmotthe water pipes Tis wight be corrected with | the policeman who takes him shoud be furaish- canget sway, they again take to their old hauate,ageia | 1. Valid. . “ 3 Hed tbat he sbovid not kee him; the District Attor- | toer force thew; | bave epken toMr Acker a nuu- | little difficulty and exoenre ed with such receipt, naming therein each article become dirrased, and egein go througa the ourse of mr Rey informed bim that the law made it his duty to | ber of times about rules, but it has net been done; Mr. As thia priron is mostly intended forthe detention | taken from the prisoner. which on hie delivery of pri- 0: mmitment. which ja done as often as disease and sin ‘Visit the prisups, when the keeper agata refused to let | Acker in too kind; female prisoners ran to and | of per-onsawaiting trial. wa delieve tat all means of | soner and property to the megistrate should be signed wakes the necessity for it. the District Attorney ree him. but sald that ( ovald from the office; deputy keepers bave been sent from | iuterccurse between the inmates should be prevented. | by him and returned to the policeman. and by the There ie an average Dear as can be recol- ry Tuomas L Maxweit de poses aod. ays: Exoapes are | the Island for neglect of daty and bad lsogaage; | '0 the end that pubic ju tice should mot be pre- | policeman to the captain, who ehou'd oreserve it, lected. as tbe doctor who promised to give the | 8, Inval'd, for defect in subst generslly wade by prisoners leaving the gaag, end | but they bave been ent back by the Committee oa | vented. nor rurpeoted; but innooeat persons contia- | Thir pian bas suggerted iteif to the Grand Jury. Grand Jury all the detail. bas been taken do to mtete the obarge preferred thi king porsession of the boat, by bresking the chaias | prisons throne or four times. Mr Ackereays be cannot | ed with the guilty. frem the examination of the case that came to their with'he sng fever, which is now prevailing there) support it. or that the prisoner was brought that bold it; last May, eight or too escaped; threo | help it; in one cure, the keeper was sent back the A fact wan brought to the knowledge of the jary, il- | knowledge of abeut 200 per month in the hospitals, the before the magistrate— Male ut ewam away in broxd daylight; had no bost ta pursue | came day; have reported the moa in the boats druak; | luctrating the facility with which prisoners converse | On the night of the 23d of Jannary, 1848, first cause of whore dicwase al. The estimated Females. . .168 with, they were Gred at, out not bit; prissorrs | mr Acker condemned the man in charge of boat. and | tegether and tte detriment arising therefrom A pri. | policeman Coyle.of the Fret ward, found aman in coet ot hospital inm there ie supposed to be $2 60 279 every oppurtunity to talk while Ls not the men; there are no rules of any kind laid down | sorer was called to tes'ity on the trial of another, and jarketfeld street. leaning against a wall unable to F week, OF $130 per anoum, whioh makes an anpual | 4. Invalid, because the offence charged ts pover- vented as much as porsible; such offen aaished | tor the government cf keepers or prisoners; Me Acker | rrfured to answer thejquestions put tohim Another | apeak or areist himeelf He with the assietance of four tax on this commupity of $26000—(This entimete ty, slokness or destitution, and uot vagracy, by ficge’ i Mr Acker te 8 1b orders for the keepers to obvy me; some have | indictment was penuing ugainst the man who had | others, took the man to the Station Hou-e Arsistant does not include those who from similar cansen are Males, fy sent then; vieiters do tuik with prisoners; never | por deme 80; | bave reprrted it but he has taken mo | been tried aud the witnren was to be aeed fa the mub | Captain McDaniel. on duty there,examined him and inmates of the Aims House or Luuatio Asylum, Females. 1142 saw Harrie n work; only raw him ia the office; bave | notice of it: if we bad rules. they could not be enforod | sequent rial Bring confined on the same corridor, at | found as he raya $4 76 in money, besides papers,from or those who are outside of the hospical, in —220 51L seen bim. Gale, and Keoneds at the offlce a+ Inte a8 9 | 50 lope as the committes will seod the suspended keep- | a distance of seven orlls apart. an individual in eae of | which he inferred his name was Cole. but heentered the peoitentiary)—not for the purpose of retural OF 10 o'clock, P_M ; Harrison bas never lahored to my back again; men women, and childrer, both black | the {oterveving celle overbeard @ conversation | bis name on the booke an Peter Smith, insane He them to the community obaoged in their habite Lawfally imprisoned. cestipeuercanninanre® Koovledge; ovrsmen in the doate ace prisoasre; noth- | ang white come up in the k Maria: crossing the | between these prisoners, through tho water pipes. in | placed him in a cell near the fire.and heremuioed there character and reedy to begin to} Unlawtully mprisoned and entitled to be forth. Ang to prevent them from introducing tmoroper things | river, yeaterdsy, one of the lun.tics jumped overboard; | which conversation the man to be tried urged | all nightip the eame condition. In the morning at- but in effect to ren od get the ai Nth discharged— Males... .284 meng the priropers; once raw wm whoa talated; | ther names are recorded in @ book. taken by Mr. | the prisoner to yersist in the course he had taken, | temp's were made to aroure hisrensibilities, by show. hol out of thelr aye! retaro them again totheir | Mia. Mi Females. ..459—743 bolleve moat every orli bana bible in it; prisowers tear | Britton, clothes changed, plased fn their cells for the | and still refuse to an»wer questions, ing him his money and trying to get him to walk At old p!aces of prostita coon as their term of ser- pasate ; ‘Up bibles; ven the boa'men tn liquor; saw Herrl- | ight avdin t se! Another evil which came to their knowledge, | abovt So’clock A M.he wasrent tothe City Prison viceexpires. It has frequently been the oase, heret 14 y day; friends call to see prisoners, say | oupations; was at te Harriron arrived; | and which, in their estimation, is of great | by the policeman Coyle, who saya that they attempted fore thet their old employers or their agents, have 1 am, with rerpect, 20 or 80 per day. after tea found Hrerieson. Mr. Acker aod Sherif in | moment, fe, in allowing amy person ot to walk him there, whieh the man was utterly unable been waiting for them on the otber side, om their dis- Very truly yours, &o, Jonn Pav1it deputy.de poser and says—He has oh: bail talking; asked Mr Acker where he was golog to | the keepers or these provided by la todo, when they’ obtained scarr and carried himin obarge from the Irland. to take them home. Bute plan J. W. EDMONDS. q Of the shanty; was direct-d as to the Keeping | piace Harrison; he named the gate house; [ objected, | responsibie to the authorities, to bave free scours | that way to the City Prison [le alsetovk the pro- bas grown up more recently, by which they obtainthe | December 22, 1848 of Mre Lobman; Mr Wetenll directed that she should | bur be thought it right; on Monday, | found that he | tothe prirons, and unrestrained tntercourre with the perty and delivered it to the Magistrate, who banded information when the girls are cued and they employ | A rumor prevatisto e great extent in the community, Occupy that rovm:; sil the f-male labor comes from MY | was put at the office the tallies, which would | prisoners, It requires but little experience im human | it to the Clerk The Grand Inquest examined the lawyer to sue out a writ of habeas corpur, and obtain | that keepers of the City Prison, and offlsers Beng; priconere make a frook or shirt a day; don’t | tase balf an howr per day; does nothing else that [ | nature to know how readily relf-int-reat might induce | entry made In the boor. at the Police Court, which was their diechsrge in conrequence of vital defeot in the re- | Halls of Justice. faraish to a: informat Feoollvot that Mrs svhmao aude ® pirow last week; | Know; slept ont of bia coll one night, but the keeper | an irreepopaible person. with auch facilities to b-onme | as fellows:- $1 paid for cartase; 2 pocket bonk cord ; by which their services are ob’ataed much sooner | the prisoners arrested. and assist in gettiag ball, aad Bo one aves with the gang in the morning from the | that night did not report, neither it investigated | the medium of o: mmunteation betwran theguiltythere | gold watch; 1 penoll; 3 five franc pieces; $27 in than if they waited for the expiration of their time other facilities for prisoners, Am: prison to a rhanty; lates whether they frolic | by bim or Mr. Acker; no one has charge of female | confined and the accomplices yet at liberty There | money; $17 in bile and $10 iu gold. | The Greod Jury bad a report from the kenper of the | that be believes such nota are not OF not a they go; pever have lost one; no»: rao e*ay; | prisop since Mrs. Jacobs has gone to hospital,except | sbould be some trusty person appointed to convey such The Grand Jury eve po roll; don’t know if any are absent; irs Loh- ra, Bingham, a prisoner, but thinks Mrs. Acker tak nt for the late property clerk who penitentiary, giving the names of 746 vagrants and all | ccmpenration A la Decertary intelligence wa the keepor may dewm prooer | Informed them that the property was still there. It reeords of commitments that could be foun presente to them, but not to the presnnt keepers; and efocd is rent from Mr Acker's; bare ao regula- | charge; Mre. Jacobs has applied to me for things | to allow. relating to obtaining counsel or ball, or int r- | bad never been dulivered to anyone A committee perciilce, w ort they referred to the Court. to | another witnees teatifies that although he has not seea to the prisoa: | for the femnin hospital; have named it to Me Acker, | curse with family or friends Such officer ehould be | of the Grand Jury went to the office and found the | snquire into the legality of their commitments ani the meary change hands, yot he belivves, from as good ow she made ber drere herself; never made a garment for | ang be said he wouldattend toit, butinsomeinstences | raid a ealury and should not be prrmitted to avoept | property. ‘They examined the coutunta of the pocket | tention. The following is the opinion of the Court. af- | evidence as he has of the existence of Vesuvius, that privoner; sho hed etuff brought there | she bad to apply three or four times for the same | fees from the iomates, thereby securing tc the prisoners | books, and found them to contain a gold watch, three j ter Investigating the report of the keeper of the pent- | it deen. j bere is @ woman wh: makes ings; M er now gives orders fur goods; [ went | without money the privileges absolutely necessary to | five-frenc piecen; $1992 in gold; $16 in paper; one | tentlary Those officers are employed by the city, at a large ‘be peys forit; there are no bibles in the Pre Re ci Mesame Reotell; care no direo- | their epeatist er dafenos ict 7, $10 United States Bank bill; making, altogether, $38 | To Richann J. Suit Esq., expense, todo their par: in brioglog the viol ae bt at a time in the shaaty; | tions tbat she should be kept fo ante-room; aday or | Another evil arices from the number of ooun- | 74, ip good money, berides the list of valuable papers, Foreman of the Grand Jury: of law to justice. and should be held etrictly to the per- there fe no rule sbeut persons conversing with | two after | war informed ber food was sent down from | rellcrs im constant waiting abut the prison | as follows, and many other memorandums viz : - s&s In compliance with the request of the Grand | formance of their duties. All conduct of this kind 2 the prisoners; Mra. Lonman does not g» ty onuroh; | the middie bouee. (Mr. Aoker's); the feather bed | The Grand Inquest believe that justice to the let Note for $86. in favor of Joha B Cola, dated | Jury, as conveyed to me in their resolution of the 20h | tends to prevent euch results The community have beard rhe oculd. rewain at the shanty; thinks that for Mra. Lobwan, alius \ elther Mr Acher or Weteell #aids0, to be looted ina | (hevricons Tracked if such things, to cell, om bread and water diet. is the u-ual puaishment; | mr. Acker answered, | suppose #0; was the meat was bed several times during the warm wea- tel!) to | public as well as to the priconer requires that a sepa- | April 19th, 1847, Benton Centre—signed, Nathan P. | instsnt. | have examined the retura of the Kasper of | to fear that constant repetition of this will prepare, lowed; | rate room be provided, wher prisoner may have | Cole the Pen tevtinry of the vagrente in bis custody, and he mind of the individual to took with the opportunity. bis own request, of consulting 2d Receipt for @ draft made for £50, dated New | the recerde cf conviction, which were submitte! to | ilities required by persous ar- yd me with that returo Feeted tor or me to ercape from ovnviction and may with bis counsel uadistarbed. York. Oetober 8th, 1847, on Spoor r, Atw ther; the meat was epoiled the day the Grand Jury | per: things. at that time presented, atill exist, | Bankere, London Drawn by Joseph McMurray ia | The reruit ot my examination will appear fron a | finally give @ direct licen-e to crime by arrang- vieited the island; Mra, Lohman did not speak to the | District Attorney could not; hottles of liquor have believe, in @ form more extensive, and | favor of John B. Cole. memerspdum herewith handed to vou. ing befire the act te prevent detection, instead Cc commisrioner frequently been discovered in baskets, buadles ko, astly more ipjariour, 8d Note for $100 in favor of John B. Cole. dated From (bet examination it eppeare, of after it to esca »« conviction. sent to prisoners; have heard that liquor cen be pipes that then afforded a means of | Elmira, March 29th. 1845; sig by Jonn Garthwaite 1, That of 511 :+oords of conviction laid before me, CHILDREN. Dougbt st the Aim House. The manoer ia whioh the | communication, still coutinu» to do so, beside | and A.J Garthwaite, Interest endorsed on for two | only three are valid; and ‘The Grand Jory are informed by one connected with luneye are brought to the Irland is disgraseful in the | which, they, or the upply pipe. or both, have be- | years 2. That of 746 vagrants detained im the Peniten- | the police, what must be evident to all, that ia qertem who direoted it should ni extreme. come leaky and a number of cells on the northerly | 4th Receipt for a draft for £30, dated Liverpool | tiary. only three are lawfully detained, and 743 are | Iccalitica cf the olty there are huadtds of weetohed j Reepers end H. ay nad other prlioners | The Grand Inquest, from the testimony, feel oom. | end of the prieon are unfit to be used for the purposes | December 14th 1847; and draft to correrpond. drawa | unlawfully impreoned, and are entitled to be forth- | children of drupken, diseawd, «nd dantitute pireate, sron him (Harrison) Chere tlil nine o'olock | pelieg to say. that there isa aystematio favoritism, a | intended; but, in conrequence of the crowded state of | by W Tapscott. Liverpool. iu favor of Joha B, Cole, | with d rebarged, Of ail years uncer taulve. who. If they escape death by Feaw him jo biscell; he bas slept inthe | want ot discipline. a neglect of duty, and violstion | the priron, they are ued, and persons are therein oon | on W.& J 1. Tapscott, New York This draft was 'p order that you may comprehend this result, it | starvation, are reared in evliare x01 piace. of Keeper's bed; the keeper, De “ott, requented it; mever | of jaw, and that the prmitentiary ta every imorctaat | fined to the great injury of (wt this season ef the year,) | accepted by W & J T. Tapscott, January 2lst, 1848— | will be recerrary briefly to explain the provisions of | and crime e ped in view sod degra { knew bi toaleep thre but once; the meat wasspviled | gpd material requirement falist> be, what # prison | their comfort and b.alth. only two daye before the man was found. law which produce it torufir ng avd misery. they grow uy thinves, the day the Graud Jury visited the isiaud. ought to be, and what the law requires (t should ba — ‘There is rtill a person there who is denominated o bib Note for $20, in favor of Joha B, Cole; dated Commitments for vagranoy are of the class kaown | prostitues and cffenders aga'nrt the hi teaoming Joun De Morr, deputy. deposes, and save, that he Ast.— In allowing intercourse between the prisoners measepger, Who never was appointed there. and wno | at Benton Centre, and signed Platt Cole. inthe law as “summary oo; tions,”* We have by to virtue; fur they bave tbe misfortuoe from their das charge of the quarry gang; ceta out toe destatone; | This bas been for many yeare the evil of prisons all | carries messages from the prisoners from the fact that | 6th Pasrengers’ obeck ticket, antitiing John B. | rowed the practice and the from Eagland birch. to be taught nothing bat orimioality. If by doer not try to prevent conversation; no rule on the | over the world and bas arrested the i commenced to do no and no person preveuted him, | Co'e to parruge inrhip Garrick to New York, dated | there rummary convictionsexceed 100000 in a ye: eutjrot; if prisoner in uberat. reports him, Harriton | jarures and philapthropirte in every Christian Either this eystem rhouid be changed, as heretofore | Liverpool, December 14th, 1847 ; signed by W. laps | In this country, they are much more limited, {n this | apy means, these chiidewn cou'd be takva from there rents upd rent to some proper pubiic loatitation sleptip my bed; it might Dave been two nights; I toid | it has been the bosst of our country that we have | euggested. or the keeper should lay down nome tariff | cott & Co. State, they are confined to our larger ottive,and ia our | apd+ducated, to make them eupabdle of some honor | bim be might; be alse slept in Brown's bed have seen | takenthe lead in reforming thin evil; wad the two ays- | cf prices, as the Gravd Jury believe that imponitions There are the facts in the case, The Grand Jury | city must amount to several thousuod & year able purruit in after life, who could oxlouiate the im. t Harrison murs about the offloe: don't know whet be | tome of prison discipline Known as the Auburn aad | are practised upon persone thers detainsd One of | wir now tocall the attention of the Court wad the They are a radical departure from the great principle | menre evit that might be prevented and toe benefite j rome others have the same privileges that Harrison | Philadelphia aystems, which have clalmed to eifest this | the keepers in the Esrex Market prison. in reply | public authoritien to the want of humanity exhibited | which pervades our whole jurleprudence, that for in: produced. don't Know how or what he ents; from four to | purpose. bave been the audjeot of comment and admt- | toa question from the Graod Jury, atated that be | inregardtothieman He had jut arrived from En- | stence. of tecuring to every person accused of an EXHUMING DEAD BODIES. seven ceilnin my charge. with two fo each; have no | fytion at Lome and s broad thevgnt fity cents not teo much to convey @ mesrage | rope back to bis native State as it apprar- by papors | cfence, a trial by jury It has been satiefuctority proved to the Jury, Bt) of my Ban6; cou Cheri an bed go through the The strife between them has been—which has the | fromthe Errex Market Prison, to the corner of Grand | in bie porrestion—is found in the street. and takea to Hence they are regarded with great jealousyin the | that the work of exbuming dead badies from 4! e ate; six men get away trom me la: nd various rules have from tims to time ba +d end applied to nal Nber'y egelcet an summer; they | most effectually answered the great purpose of prevent- | aud Attorney streets, only four blocks distance [t | the station house--remained there from nix to eight | Je took the doctor's boat. which lay @ short disteuce olf; | ing thix mont injurious practice of intercourse a@onget | is due to Mr. Edmonds. to ray, that when before | hours and no effort made to admininter to bia necessl- TOLD permite ere granted ebich sy “See prisoners” | the prisoners In every large prison in our country | the Grand Jury. and informed of the fact stated, | ties, but put In # cell with other prison 2 Jet them take them off one side and converse; persons | this object eema to be the main one In the nations | that he thought ft « most exorbitant charge, and that | waethen likely, in the incipient stag one of the bouts belonging to the public hay b-ea used when they visit taik with prisoners whem { have 02 | of Europe. where prirun reform has attrasted any at- | he knew nothing about it thet might have been checked by the phy ‘The importanoe of some ruch rulva will be manifest | to convey aid bodies to the city. They ace Burpioions of them. tention thie object basstill been the great and leading | The Grand Jury recommend to Mr Edmonds tn the | cian. He bad the means to pay; yet there was none | from there consideration; that the magistrate ac’ | from the landing, taken to @ house in tha ugoee pect Joun T. WintaincHam d+poees and saye—Ho has a | one. This bar ariren from the ull-pervading coavia | absence of any action on the part of the Commoa | toexamine an te his wants. aod te go for his lure without arsociates appeal erefield, in carried on to an alaraing extent. gane- Hy in the winter eeasos, and sometimes as to ths Lowber ¢f30 per week, They are ais» infor.ned thet i 2 of the aity, where they ure prepared #0 as to post, geng in the querry; caunot tion that the mutual contamtuation of prisoasrs coun- | Council on this subjrot. to give a direction to it and | lief, This the Grand Jury look at 48 a inva: outrageous | frem bis decision, no jury is allowed to the prisoner, | the arpiaieay ‘ffeots of decemponitio a pd king: it bi D ailowed B teracte every infliction of punishment for crime. correct such abures as exist piece of phumenity. aud the power of the magi-trace extends to anim- | hoxesand rent to different tome little time to bring them uader ral parte of the country a has seen In all the prisons aliudrd to, tbix objrot has bean at- In a communfoation from the Diatriet Attorney, he Notwithstanding the evidence, in the men’s pos- | pr eepment for six months O bers which are wanted for hom * Hiquor got on the Irlerd through bi Taylor, at | tainedin a seater oF lees dogree; atin cur peniten. | raya: “it bappeur daily, that individuais professing to | ression, of @ meme, yet be was entered om the | (ne of these roles is, that a record of the eonviction | taken immediately to the d-mop-tentars’ eri ey the Alms House. bas | ots are xived to | tery, wbich is built on the panof the Auoura prison, | be counsellors at law d-mand admittance, and have | books. and cn the return. by the name of Peter | shall be made out ana filed (im this city, with the | Grand Jury are aware that the onu-e of Mad oat pruoners. once raw 6 amphlet in & prisoaer's hand; | jc is totally neglected There is scarcely an attempt | acceee to prironers who have never required their at | Smith; and charged with beiug inane. Cais practice | clerke of the Sessions). Thie is peremptorily required toid bim it was nota fit boon; het uo iostractioas to | to prevent toe moet free and full Prevent; my ted inon the other side of the reom from | the prisoners; when they retire to jo Mott's; pever heard of Harrison sleeping there ppfined in separate cella In«grest number of | prison. and taking from the unfortuaate prisoners | the assistant captain to be ro, Selence requires subjects, but t: tercourse am-nog | tendance.” This remark applies to bus few. bat atill | of entering fictitious names ix too fr-quent; for.on the | by the statute, and cam in no caw be omitted with thet the public ey paral per: aausemcicteeeee | “t th there men may be tern running im aud out of the | pame return, outef nior paraous four are adaitted by | eafety tothe magictrate [tin necessary. ia orderebat | foe! rs A "number of The resuite of thiy | the groundaon which s party mey be condamoed toe | evi lejustiGable That th’s iva violation of Inw se well kuown and such vielation: 1a a before; the impres-ion a wong the keepers is that he Te are confined together. both slewping | anything cf value in their possession practice are evfficiently shown in this case—iu one | Jong imprivonment may be spread upon the R-cord, | Odhoeas were vigiing’} in tbe y desiree Of thelr dation J lives easy. upon ope bunk, which is about two fretinwidth la In regard to the reoommendation made to fit up ® | respect particularly, viz.. that the relatives of thic | and be tbusbe recurved the only opportunity alforded | COURT OF SESSIONS. " Joser Farrwetr depores and says thet he i¢ & | the day time tbry are connected in equads, and, | room where the pritoner might his counsel at his would seem to be precluded from baviag the | of inquiring Into the legality of bis confiaem-nt If s | ; a One of the greatest evils conneoted with the admin- Satration of jurtice in this court. ts the delay the bringieg of prisoners to trial Thin has tn rome Instances cf dufeating the ends of j ; Detter are at times ip waiting for works, and sometias mi ard im the prison Prisoners are looked u i onetant opportamities | Own request, thie Grand Jury have only to sey, that | lenst knowledge of bis death The Grand Inquest also | proper record be wade out. proper oxee shown GT ester He tabust: jooked: Oa OMe! | fore ate eee ee ee Fe they bellove it is the only thing that can correot the | think that the examination of the oreperty at the Po. | upon its face, the commitment le aneolutely. Gael: Occarion be let bom tp at tem o’clock, P.M; knew vil; end they further believe that it meets the sppro- | lice Court should have been suffisient to have in. | there is no review aod no relief, except through the that be wept out ene night 1 of judges, magistrates, keepers district ‘Dey, | duced rome of the clerks or magistraten to have made | pardoning power. and what is equally important to Mrs. Bincham, a vtisoner for vagrancy, depnace and | nivnt. nd every ove who is at all familiar with this custom | an effort toinform the friends. byaiving publicity to | the magistrate. it ie a perfect protection to him agsinst 2 huddled together in large numbers, ie as free an air, both in day or the aged. the intirm, the vageant, ‘ eaye + the entire charge of the bail andcelista | the criminal aud hat luoarie are couflaed Coyocher, | at the prison the facts, tostead of simply sending thu man to the | any illegality be may commit, not appsrouton the for terme cf the court Repo lta ati te the female prison. | Madam Kesvell oooupive bet coll | and arvallowed the most unrestrained totereoure at | Thr Grand Jury think that the keeper should ao at- | hospital.” where, as the Grand Jury are {mformed, he | reecra Hence it hus been over and over again held foCtpe puspere of cobvicting @ thistors burser nee every Dight; ber a feather bed prought imto ber oall | gil times. And the penitent, ayiog inmates of that | rage. that the time «pent on the corriders for exer: | died with sbip fever In two or three days. that the want of a record renders the imprisonment by this means many a criminals goes tree on ehee avery wi:bt; dors vot know where the bed was first | prison bave no means of escaping thy obtrusion upon | cise should be in the first place as extonsive | Aran evidence of the facility by which the relatives | urlawfal. nnd. it would reem, makes all pacties engez- | a party obarged is bailed, and the comolainsat living brovgbt from. 1 take her bed in and out. and see that | hem of the discourre and seciety of the most reck- | 88 porsible to those who are sick—next, thos | of this men could have been informed. by those | ed tp it linble ar treapacsere bh get Risa heelinkh ghee dtahephenst bong bh rink Other litte matter# about her cell are attended to; aad | jess and abandoned. | who are feeble or disabled, and thet the remainder of | ¢Mcers who are of the facts, we state that the There remarks apply to 235 cases where no records | Caueg een off froen terme to teren, inf final ral ne tbe gives me compensation fr eervices aad favors In short, all the evils of confinement im com. | the prieopers should be d with impartialiy fa the | foreman of the jury wrote to the Postmaster at Elmira. | beve been tiled and to 9 0: where the clerical er. ‘J Meisoth BB plier thend reocliection This acts most harehly upon witawsaes, end ebeu'd be remedied, The prison iaretdom ta aap her than crowded conditio dat pressnt many of them pppear to be very anxiou- to have their trials. The Grand Jury believe the only trae way ty rem-dy dope ber | took tbe first tier oF cetla, seven other | mon with unrestrained intercourse which fave | distribution of that privilege, inatead of leaving it, as | and ina week’u time the brother of the dvaeasud was Te are evch. viz; omitting to eign them. and the like, prisoverr lock therert At first beiirimg mostof the | attracted the notte of almost every Caris- | now to the arbitrary exercise of the deputies bere. Hao this beep dove in the first place, a largs | as to render the records on fi'e of no avail whate prisoners come ip and at eecond bellring all areex- | tia, community for very many years, exist ia They aleo regret to say, that they think the escape | circle of relatives boeb here apd inthe Westera part Avother ot there rules is, that the resord shel! show Pected toeome Have known prison-ra to be out all | full vigor im cur own pemiteotary, have long | made rome rhort time since, was io conequuves of the | ot thie State, would have been relieved from the aux. | pot ony jurisdiction over the case, but authority to Bight, trying to escape; four or five have reowntty | existed without awakening any apirit of reform in our | Most culpable neglect on the part of the offer in | fety and rurpence they bave suffered for almost a year. | awerd the judgment pronounced. I niyht, but were found the next da: city autborities, are daily corrupting the prople. and | cheree, ‘The inquest had a number of the offlowrs of tha Po Hence it bas b-en beld that record te not gnod, ie “het Shinty ae Shee Coase oF Koy that they were gone until they e | rendering of no avail the vigilauoe of the polics, or the They approve most highly of the proposition of | tice trim different sections, before them. with whom | eltber to protect the magistrate, or to warrant the im- ither by making » new court. of aay spider brought back to the prirov. One of then hed got to | action ct criminal court; and all this ia opeasad | Nr. Lemonds, to build in the yard ot the prison @ | the opinion wan general. that the apprivting power | priccrment. that omite to ret forth the obarg- pre- a Giction. or ipcreasing the powers of th» Court of Sproial Sessions, and requiring double the the city betore she war revaken Madam Resteil is | palpable violation of the Jaw ofthe Inad, whioh da. | cheap sbauty. where the tive day prisoners wh» come | were not eofficiently careful in the jection of mwa, | ferred ayainst the nccured. so that it may be seen treated differently from the otber prisoners; shy has ® | clares that prirourrs aball be Kept reparate and dis | there in large numbers, and sometines ina very Althy | ard that policemen should be appe ed during good | whether it ie auch as the Inw warrant “ | ime rprnt in the trial of oauwa in the light ip ber cell to read by and hes ber fod from Mr | tinct from each other, and ail conversation betwoun | Crpdition. could be clenn+d; aod where, in stormy wee. | behaviour Every officer wae united ia the opin. | vietion upon; that omits amount of t PY a Acker's table Quite a number ef che erlls are oocu- | them rhall be prevented | ther they might take exercle without blag coadnated | Irn thet” the ppolatuent was always from poli. | wae brought before the magistrate fer trial, Peete Aedes ea Present organized, pe by two persons, Mr. and Mra Acker are bynero- It must mot be understood that this viclation | withthe other pri This, they bette teal influence; and tended to tke eventual de. | present when he wae tried; or that omits tontate the | sr iect Kept pate with the feareuse at eke crime has lent people. of the command of the law, of the dic'aus of strvotion ef the usefulness of the Police, Qos | evidenor on wbich the conviction Is foundad so that | Riven Ker pagaih the Increase of pa Doctor Keity depores and eaye:—lam dootoron the | wisdom, aud of the principles of humenity. res Cfiicer stated, that he thoucht one fourth of bir mea | tt may be ecom whether the charge wasin fact made | 300 he faa opara ree aitlnn he po Ieland; wary things are permitted tojurious to pa- | solely with the officers of that inetiiation. It Another by the District | nnfit to be om the Police Another officer stated. that | cvt shot the Spro'ar Sofawbe boala pare aes ihe tents, They s'e too much confined, cannot carry | seats higher—bae ite orlgip fa the Common Council, | Attorney, whi the entire approval of this | the appointing poeer bed appointed aman whem tnat | Two hundred and nixty-eix, out of five hundrod and Mpxtent ttle ail Weset aposeee c “ ne opt a CPE Cirolpline. vot having the power. [recommend | and with them reste the blame With tne prewat | Jury—vis : To provide on Franklin atr-et, such «room | py wer hrew bad reor n‘ly come out of the State Prison, | ¢evem recorda submitted tome by you. nre defective | RIC? trilite wis bis ere cnuonuamt arc: shower baths: one of the Prisvmers refused to | number of oMicers. It Ie iwpossible for them entiraly to | af 1s necerrary for toe purpose of detailing persous | and that there are four oF five pew om his poltos force, | Im One oF the ctber or all cf these requisites, and that | OM wallfied to judge should eonsiver shat « nad bet- comply, and bas irft the hospital. Other os6 @ | prevent iptercource during the day. aud with the | DRder 17 yeare of age. I'he necessity of Keeping this | who wre morally unit (or the office. cr for duty. number of persons are, for that reason, now illegally | Dowradvicablen © staiecigaorssscone' sisooccaned. I have repestedly iaformed vir. Acker, | present number of celle, it is equally impossible to pre- | Clues trem allothers and, intercourse with the old and | | The Grand Jury think that the mass ofthe policemen | imprironed. ‘With thic additional power let the Pe Dut it has not dren artendd to. im consequence | vont it at night. hardened cffender,wust be so apparentastoconvinoeall | rhouid have an oppertunity of being de | observe that the different magistrates ure different | open hia ccurt at 10 A.M. at 2 P.M token Of which discipline cannot b+ © rried rus Many ps: | 94 In allowing intercouste between pritonere and | Ofite necessity Courts, the Court of Serrtons tn partic’ forms, Do eettied preo-dert betog generally adopted, | oti 4 then eit til # P. MW) This © Bh a dlapen ao) tlente want exerciee sud gond dint, more than meitica- persons not confined The care that ocourred with the Deputy who | dovble puroore of disceminating through that body a | except that which has the least writiog init, aad is | Some the rime te the trial of oncica ta tn eae eras Mon: Mr Acker #1! pot let patients xo out aad take There is scarcely any restraint upon this cus | induced the keeper to ob'ain the dischargs of @ | mere genera! knowledge of thore who live by co} ly moat imperfect "; Causes in eaoh term that the freeh air, hut obiiges them to atay in the hospital | tom, which dererven the in now given, and would im our opinion, prodace ‘ meh Rare cient Pod the desired effet. Ifany doubts, howevee, whoatd os tended avd perfect one, Thel orher | *Dtertalned as to the result {ncrease the tora from Tem informed are too oneroun and preastag | thine anit ie now. te four warks ble them te devote to thie branch of thute dutiny | yay rorriteclock a vii the time aud attention which a rigid complianee with | {P* *P Hota ak the law would demand. and they woutd be placad in | (Ur heures per ony. ame A boat, Privoner and who. the keeper atter abe them by that means to be made more in constantly plying between the Teorlved five deliare for it, in a cate 80 clearly marked | when they return to patrol duty 1D land, avd thore pri-onere constantly | that this Inquest are obiiged to notice tt, if only tomy OhICEs OF .8C communicating with the othera Those who aread- | that they di:approve of the act of the members of th In the Poll Sines th oF < LICR Attar mitted to the island are allowed entirely too much to- | committee of the Common Council, formed of me: Mecalae vee hans tae otal batterie ae mole tercourre with the prisoners, and p-raitted to yo about | bere of both political partis. who, upon bis auspaa. | embracing not only the criminal but ofvil as also 1¢ is tco much at pleasure. The con-+queuce ia the entire | tiom by the ker igned thelr namer to « paper ask- | helieved. @ large amount «f equity ae well an o! or their cells; Mr. Acker hart #o or thren times dep me taking persone in tho bo-pital or shant Madam Keeteli come up. it created wdditional event visiting; On One oeo-rion Aldermen ’ bbard were with me. nnd were refuced ad: by and dirty. and macy ai term of three weeks, open d closing at 3P.Mq. This is | uty. two hours tath- term, — fever; appiied to Me. Acker far clothing, | destruction of all the effects that should arise from | ing bie restoration [hat bis restoration may have | DUtnese. the Grand Jury knew not where to betinor | the position of either dlerevarding the law ia resovet | NOW inctearc the term as propyed, aod there woald me Dot heen supplied; there are seventy-seved | penal indiletion. ; beep advisable, muy even necessary. te probanie ; but | frm to Proceed systematically, withan xaminatien of | totbe form of the conviction. wad tacurriag thereny | be 102 hore in the term for ee oom caloulated for thirty, twenty-three 3 itting due Provi.ion for the Lab. the Pri- | the expediency of the act of the members of that o> n- moeb pers: pal risk. or of sufferiog man, 1s of dis- thi I ed Gowm with abipfever, Mrs Juonbs, thy matren, attends | ©" 1 Omitting due Prov ton for the Labor of the Pri. | The sapiens) of te oat arate exoredingiy doubital | Th property received at the Police Conrt ts | Croeri) oaduct to go uapueiihed ne © Is- | prevent organized, it in clear by this, that ander like circumstances, 266 could be tried in a term @ gested. If it should be urged thet the tion | wehave only to ray that we belteve that ich | the lawyers in the oi'y. labar tong but few of them are able to obtai th faitbiuly to the horpital; ix folly competent to dis- | soarcely any attempt at eyetematio goneral labor is | Injustice to Mr Edmonaa.it ie dae to say that thew | *Btered im a hock. putin parcels. numbered and 4: cbarge her dutier; ordered by Mr Ack+r not to take bere ioe ice vibe greateet portion of taeir whole | facta ceme to bis Roowledge ae Se We aataal | HOES ORS ee ee rb ieee dea obarge «f the prison; bas known liquor to be brought 2 tbe officers ure allowed an | discharge ot the prisoner, and, in-tead of giviag the | Property ix made on the order of the prisoner. frequent. ip pails of pend; thinks prix nerncao wet it at the boat nee. in exempting wom they | dire , he returned the paper to the magistrate who | | to bis lawyer and others sometimes reoulpted for bY | Hany of the particulars required by our In or Alms Houre for money, have often known them to be conteqnence in toat to the in ued It Bimeelf The clerk delivers on the verbal orderof theme. | oew. with our enmmitting magistrates, involve co much be @rupk; heve koown pacionts die by not got- ‘of ite terrors-many when | Mr Edmonds testifies that one of th aistrate. and evtere his name ee eutherity. The Gread | stor, But that provision in Eouland hae been ee- yquer ordered by mm, but drank by nursea, oat Out a elogie h the discipline of the p Jury think that property taken from » Known thief ot | companied by another, elthout which thie alteration all prisoners, ‘The average nambse of | day, then procures recommitment. end have thea of visiters He informs the Jary pnd particularly money. should not be given | tn ihe law would be very dapeeroun nnd that is. thet | 'P* prions cf all With the ex. in the hoepite}, with some form of va. en kent back the wext, Some are even now upoo jax kept for «ix days, sad the namber y other then the perenn frm whom it was taken, | ap appeal from the decision of the maciatrate laallowed | Petence that the new Reoorder can bring tothe each fomething Ines than 200 per month; | the island whore times are out but eho will not ieave, | admitted was over 1000. This is an evil of great 4 pot to them. until after trial or under the direc- | wherethe use of that general form ia permitted. ‘Te | of thet Court. and his facility for the d-apatsh of bad- Ikiwg at the ciose of the day, | " fte beneficial {utluemce apem the prieoarra ieimonic, | Bitude. and @ remedy should be epplied He says of the Court, The Grand Jury think that the | sir thia general form to be used, without at thaaame | DOM. the Grand Inquest are induced to hope thet he mere were in their cel's; wat prosrat | of anditscot iagrratly eubanerd mt theerpuaceofthe | that be le both abe and willing to asume hit share Th eheuld take » written order from the magistrate, | tine. providing for an appeal, would be at one wilig've itan effective tral, and aot pi. th«oity to Canadien Commissioner; Madea Restell said | honest part of the community, In thechargegiven by | Of the rreponsinility of the refunal. if the magistrates | 1B the snme book that contains the description , expense of another court, as they believe it ui ‘ the Grand Inquest, the Judge stated thet in our State | and otbere who grant permits will assume ther share | Of, Dreperty sh aa Be a Fae lll arog an daays—He is stew: | prisons the prisoners warned nearly enoagh to pay the liaise tentifies that very many of these viniters are of Wanted CxOte wth, Cae + eiieiee “ia tontey eraut oD. bie Guty is to receive the goods ani the worst Mort wband he “ iy IMOMOSE:. Be orgwter a hg’ when 10 dwehisgs, ¢ ae er aden coned chereove and the re | ail, The Die'rict Attorney recommends the pas: jee are tbe only + vidence t» divcharge prisoners; wh age of n iaw requiring two days’ notion of Dail. no 08 talites are prenented them refer tothe book — All pr to inquire ae to pe meourity He Informe the Jury visione or goods excep! mat, come through my hand: ht tobe Several that one man bas been returned to him in thre mvrarvre wil the! ir practicabie: of the sale, ett hale than Pos the cost, per head, ia hich "4 | ept cares: in each care he giver different reside: box avger pvered deficenoy to molssrer, | our Houre of Refuge "| quently make the cell longer for each ner, in | #04 at neither of the places named im the bonds can lake marke 0 Ko. but have measured | The Aims Houre Commissioner testifies thet | which Be could take rxeroiee that perron be found. prante to be [dle pereons who, not havi sible 80d well-digested remedy. In the year 1943 the cost 35 pome; 1 deliver vo re wanted tins | yore A. ne Gl ¢ | Obie coming Magittrates hare not conformed thetr acts to | frente to be® Idle persons wh “ © war $251,000; im the yenr 1948, fire yoare after, an form Mr Acker- if be ight. | make therequi ition mang oe hora, sn tne inland oo that they | wall up through the centre of tbe building and prevent | the decision of the orurte Hence the evil thet ane ERC WHNCSS: GPLOD> | Gcomnoe, At Untevute OF tautaume.-10. #10 teqtice © This diffi. nity bas b and. inconrequence @ Dera) form of a record to b= uerd. and diep: found to exist in Engl bee! 08a ALMS HOUSE DEPARME VT. comparienn af the exowanes of the Alas House The pow: Department, which comprises the Aims Honse thy ‘and an ite exereise is Bag ta Hae bees Slaokw-ll's Island, th- Lang m1 nd je Aaylum, and the Nurwry at Randall's | fer fter- | caterer Sato ight of persensl liberty, it must bie years best, oe deg pri Fe Pe el niehay We have two atatutes affvoting vacrancy im this iPcressing; aod at ao fearful rate that (t demacta city: one im the Revised S.atntes, which decinr-s va. the mont rerione sonsiderating, aad the most setive suite of their visite are in every wa: ‘The building knowr an the prison is owr $74 something +bould be dn i or barns oF in the ope elven and of pri op; there ir a matron appoini+o by law = Onaepri- foner'’s time was out on the Zit aod uow will not epother st Luory house, tine is out; mover k detained by neviect; onetime: 84 prisonersresrived OoUuld ot reoHive them aod make al! the on- bot aware that the magistrates ha made any effort to correct their commitments since the dect-ioue had been made ngarmet them He says thet be hei Lot We bave been informed ti grant: probab’ on Commiesioner Mis. Acker har requested muslin % ‘oon Dow exists in reference to vegrants This thy | ™t! faw rare for th or thls department at : from soe; obo alo Foquestes 100 pairs of binatats see Ferpaity bas tous nec cosreusi anseiaae sadteane tt a Privat vations seeing oct ether | Grand Inquest thought had been doow; but one of giverttin oe erouaierti bap dato d el an oh Mla ag Ut Tig terday; [rent them supposed sbe was acting astma*roa the, nyepere for th doubtedly accomplish all that the solitary 4 at the mautetrates who was before them aye that he aepateed creating a com nis | ! con b: lon d conld effect, although it equal to the buliding of a new pris ght be the cheapest as well as the best, dering abroad and begging, or who aboot from dior to door. or place asnaeives fa the ftreets, hichways, passages, or other public Deg «Fr receive aime” This clase of vagrante if pot @ notorious offend: Yo, fo his Maraaga, eave, that singe the pasiage of the Iver alluded to upwarde 000 emigeauts bave arrived at the 7 basent to the poor house, | pret of New York; not one of whom has beoons © Tenet Ranjvat for shares te any city oF county in the State,” 4th In Omitting te Prowide for Moral Instruction, leaving the exterior wails, The statute of the State provider oaly for « Bible in 8 body of celle in the centre ia each cell and religicur service on the Sabbath —whiles | the rame form as the priron on Bisokw ad, with ; Herron dows some work tat joe, ove eighth of his time ; euch rellef; oF if an improper pero1 ae ot igo thi Fen deh J way nocte Unitee hace Wide bee (ny tae 1 to be complied with. Thin, those con. | Puch Frliet; ‘That being the case, the Graad Jury think there Harrie food from the table of Mr. Acker, | Or thourande of dollars uraleeety wna: nie Ot vach cell for the purpoen of ventilation tothecsli-and | Heoted with the police court at the Halls of Justioe say | Poor ter aD lh ohh sepa pad | ghou'd have been am exproditure materially reduced, with bis knowledge wel part of the prison that the keepers could pass through these passages cannot be complied with. without neglecting, at times, Th Jaw is in the statutes of 1833, petead of ina J in thin department, Ans Lonman, of Madame Rustett. deposes and ays, | tite for the great parpor 1 times kee what was being done in the ceils. st rere grtrnns vasroute ; the cost of this dapart- thet rhe kuows pot why she is treated differeat from | persone been retused adenission to the be corrested, either by ox- ive. with the excess of cotber prironers ; baw the use of » closet for her clotaes, | by jaw had "errone. who, being habitual drunkards, are deatl- by tbe perqirrion cf ber keeper, Mr. Pett rT by applying to the legisla ithout visinle me of support; or Fight. and whose objeet te in one plain and a y weon | | amongst the prisoners to prodooe some reformatioa a 0, woh year over the one preording :— S48 Kxornses he ieee +. «$219 633 39 thelr families, and are ‘Wept to the ined, Mr Weteell tock me dowa to the ta could be com nitted, Salaries... so0e 366 70 Fhapty. nd introduced me te Mr, Pettit. and cold him | {Pir eomduar the rine of visit having bere te of the Inwe of the State ip <= ET Pde th to put the prison dress on me. aod perbaps | might be | Couraning every sysaptom of reform, Mev Gibbons, « nee, relating to the subject, in praction of drunkenness and de- 251.000 00 of ec me service | bax teather bed, pill Indy whore ffcrte, im connexion with those of other | detention (wbere « prisoner should be Kept but a abort sbould he abolished Fa heuchery, requiring charitable ald to restore them to Excess of cost over 1842,.........., 18000 00 eg thhog jee cae pall lat Deed 4 ladies. bave been attended with benefioinl renuite, at | time bricre a trial is bad and his care declded ) Snouid | they shania aah thet the term of santenoe, for Loose Bb. ; cece BT AOT TE Na Che thes Geos’ the City Prison, bas been refared admission, when her | that be the fect, and owils be #0 constracted, « comside- Ly a a ae best ne ths u een Preetitu‘es, who have no lewfal ceceeces 42606 50 ble their discharge from the hoepttat only object was to take young girls tothe Home. if | Table tpereass of cella could be made besides such « fon to the ‘legislature fad better | Plosm a hereby to + who keeps the hall, | the vinord apy durire to change their habite of sife | 100m ae bes been svggenter ed doors {natoad of | | The sppite “All able bodied of 07 204 26 TY Mint tome: hive | oewad of any attempts at reformation bsiag may, | Ode of the wooden oven a: f bh ool Fate, and 'Sxwe seve) oF roliott oh Exooan of oort over 1843 89 206 26 ding. ditectly of tndiraatly, y Leprtae . hyper bean hen snmacct te to the office at the Halls of Justion; also, thet | °F “ bye over 184 . Sith eoy ore an to my treatment ; | have the privilege Lobel mpi jy maentdettlicn ee aeristenoe can be obtained with ‘Ail persons wi jog abroad lodging in wal 1845— Expenaee. veces 2818946 99 oe ie perfected me. wader the Roy extra | boures. ke., not giving ; the " goed aooount of themselves it yt pada ne years reat beet Cray heen ar Wey of tbe oity authoritive, wad at the expense i" par Dene, Pun bt r Seuiracee a * ; Larned And © All persons wandering abroad sad begging ae a eruavaae bode spl ge pdt dad el Alcan alld and then rept out to prey w expenre. as + amount of the pr ey daote teat Ca eae ur tamed) atari: ruch, If improper persons to be sent to the aime B1L.978 56 sme my meale ; be . 2rneer &o.. | Community at whore expen-e he was taught the att could red. particularly floors, eetings. MH fe BB i ne of these clerks | nous mey be rent to the penitentiary for aix m nthe, Exoees of cont over 1844. aL o70 31 7 the diety diane ‘The Gravd Jury beinve, that every of irt at ra. | KO. The prorent building te suMoiently wide to dais Le - werte neat Examining these recorde by these atatintion. | fod | i944 5. 200 313 14 jsoners except when seni | SP mation should be emcouraged tnatead of buing pre- | Of thie being done, nod etil! have @ passage of ix foot he ovber th othe Gwe upper owl 220 of them are for matters which do not te Expenses. ‘62723 86 y. Mr. Aoter 00 toe ot mies oriebe oe by Moses aoe wt hy ile Soh inet vansats it ht ie de vene. eb the public wane might require i ede hrrn instant art ve te we iy destitute of a : f r 4 . + poaseesion of one of the inmates of the Famale | Celia. alteration shou! made in the orison, ate ~ « de of -—— ett ‘that ‘my husband gave. Hewphtal, ene of the me sraved GENER sbonld be pioord 1m sR ptowwat ome. <I HE oe semrtens thu Grube sary tet Vay fart cee og. for O€ ont over 1946 “St rab os cher; Iwas directed by Mr. Pettit to | Ftemch robool, written POLAR ved at toe unpet polies ofines le Gueaeennare. OF 4 reqniring oharicerte Exoess eeeemwers 08 Foom, aod asalet bier; | perfor CITY PRISONS. The new orgenisation of police, under the supervi. | [11° re force te wanted at the lower cue, mad (he; ab One | 1867—Expenses. . . teres ee cee 85040660 th jutre me to do; am engaged in cutting and | , There pritone are at four d fluremt location clon of the Ma: 4 the dirention of the obi-f ho | CooL iuemtiy recommend the oba “4 v aving the Pere apn cl et ats pet makee Garment ae others des bare | {be Office of Chief of Police. im the Park, Kaown acthe | bet bren at tts head rinoe ita for.oation and consequently Fr oe javndere dentitate of aay visible -—-— oes | lg el rl et i eaver's BABd theve atbere) Shy figgert fe atthe | bis time ly to it. has been («ith the oxo ¥ Patson, December 12, 1848, three wi " 417,419 08 byte a ‘opurtimente; Dave w abt fo my call, o toad | HA Of Justion in Centre xtrect; ome at Kaox mar. | FCme errors ta ite original conmruation whica time np country; ' and one who “prayed to be taken care of Excens of cost over 1846... + TH00 45 Ae! tere are not allowed to visit the shan'y; my | Ket ry on market Dd espertence may oorreet.) found emlowntly ana. w ob+ dienes to your Instructions, | | hy the al authorities, an she war w to take 1848— Expenren . 800-787 £6 ‘ Bhatewe com oecarlonally to ave mo; | go di to Each of there prisons was ited by the Jury inn | cerrfol wed bepeticil, which ia shown by the have the honor of communicating the desired tntorma | care of hererif.”? Cheese are all caves of poverty, alok- Salertes Hon. relative to persons temporarily committed to the | neta mirfortume—not orime; and do not warraet « bedy, besides wh ob the H. f Seat iad Of arrests abd the smail amount of property «ioleo i wliee bg eet ey Vielied by # committer trom the Graua auey ‘om SS | for the pant your, wb ch, the cblef tut rms several prisons under my ohare. Rusowrefally, conviction for vnuranoy, ABER TB Thete prisons being oniy houses of detention, itis | Only to the eum of $43,000 This, in tho! (Signed) H, KOMONDS, Keeper, Here again | am told that the magisteates lab Excess of oot over 1847. ........, 64,824 OT