NEW YORK CITY. 



587 



[>osed of this year than ever before in the 



history i'f this court. In the General 'IVrm of 



iperior Court '207 oases were di>iioscd of, 



uiiil in UK- Special TiTiu 'JUT. In UU latter 



there \\iTe ")!)") jury trials, bV.CjM deei.-ion^, and 



(J <>nlcrs Hied. There \\.-iv naturalized 9,008 



DS. 



Ai tin- General Term of the ( 'otirt of Com- 

 mon I 'leas (.lud^e-. Chief. John Sedgwiek, 1'. 

 Henrv Jhiuro. llmrv A. <;ildcv>lec\c. John ,1. 

 : i i;u i, David Me Adam, and Charles II. 

 Truax) .'570 appeals were disposed of and 150 

 opinions were written. At the Trial Terms 561 

 cases were disposed of. There were 177 sched- 

 ules tiled iii alignment matters, showing liabili- 

 ties ,,f $12,590, 104.0!), nominal assets of $17,854,- 

 iM-J.Ts. and actual assets of $3,200,374.14. 



In the City Court (Judges, Simon M. Ehrlick, 

 James M. Fitzsimons, John II. McCarthy, Henry 

 1'. Mi -Gown, Joseph E. Newberger, and Robert 

 A. Van Wyck), General Term, 207 cases were 

 disposed of, and 1,875 cases were disposed of at 

 the Trial Terms. There were 9,600 judgment 

 rolls entered, amounting to $6,000,000. 



In the United States District Attorney's of- 

 fice (Edward Mitchell) and the United States 

 Circuit Court (Judges, E. Henry Lacombe, Wil- 

 liam J. Wallace) more work was accomplished 

 last year than in any previous year. There were 

 brought before United States Commissioners 

 Jolm A. Shields and Samuel M. Hitchcock 535 

 cases of a criminal nature, and 11 before United 

 States Commissioner Samuel II. Lyman. Some 

 74 indictments were found and 62 cases were 

 tried and disposed of, and there were 1,470 cus- 

 toms cases litigated. In the United States Cir- 

 cuit Court 391 new cases were brought in com- 

 mon law, and 1,856 were tried and disposed of. 

 In the Equity Department 139 were heard. 

 There were 529 appeals from the Board of Gen- 

 eral Appraisers filed, and 1,402 motions were 

 heard and passed upon by the various judges in 

 the circuit. 



District Attorney's Office (office, 32 Cham- 

 bersjstreet. District Attorney, De Lancy Nicoll). 

 The annual report of the District Attorney of 

 the county shows that in 1891 the volume of 

 business was greater, and that more cases were 

 disposed of, than ever before. The Grand Jury 

 received and acted upon 4,204 cases, as compared 

 with 3,942 in 1890. 



An analysis of the cases received and disposed 

 of shows that numerically the crime of larceny 

 stands first, 1,401 complaints therefor having 

 been received and 828 were convicted ; 539 per- 

 sons were charged with assault and 199 convicted ; 

 517 with burglary, of which number 477 were 

 convicted ; 136 with robbery ; 83 with forgery ; 

 Ho with homicide, out of which number 27 were 

 convicted; 3 for murder in the first degree; 2 

 for murder in, the second degree ; and the remain- 

 der for manslaughter. 



The Grand Jury dismissed 1,182 cases, and of 

 the remainder 2,056 upon arraignment for trial 

 pleaded guilty, or were convicted, 401 were ac- 

 quitted, ."}:;:! indictments for various misde- 

 meanors were discharged or sent to the Court of 

 Special Sessions, thus making the total number 

 actually disposed of and cleared from the dockets 

 of the (ieneral Sessions amount to 4.17'J cases. 

 The following shows the number of cases dis- 



poced of during the past year as compared with 

 ureviou* yeaw: 1801, 4,1?^; 18t)0, 3,94:* ; 1889, 



. 



.More money was turned into the city treas- 

 ury from forfeited bail bond-) than 

 the aggregate being $22,400. 



Police. Tins department is under the super- 

 vision of four commissioners, who are-appointed 

 fora term of 8U vear- each by the Minor. They 



are Charles K. IboLeML President ; .lames J. 

 Martin, John Mc( 'lave, and John R. Vixrhis. The 

 Superintendent is William Murray, and the head- 

 quarters are at 300 Mull>frry Si 



The force on Jan. 1, 1892, consisted of a su- 

 perintendent, a chief insj>cctor, 3 inspectors, 15 

 surgeons, 84 captains, b").") sergeants, 40 detectivo 

 sergeants, 164 roundsmen, 3,146 patrolmen. ?." 

 doormen, and 13 on probation, a total of 3,654, 

 an increase of 111 over 1890. During the year 

 44 members of the force died, 44 were retired, 29 

 were dismissed, and 21 resigned. 



There were 89.920 arrests, as against 84,556 

 during 1890. Of this number, 70.JM 1 were males 

 and 19,019 were females. The principal crimes 

 and misdemeanors for which the arrests were 

 made are as follow: Intoxication, 26,069; dis- 

 orderly conduct, 15,366 ; violation of corporation 

 ordinances, 6,778 ; felonious assault, 5,263 ; sus- 

 picious persons, 4,094 ; violation of excise Jaw, 

 8,428; petit larceny, 3,330 ; vagrancy, 1,923; and 

 grand larceny, 1,806. 



The police stations furnished lodgings for 

 157,275 homeless persons, of whom 68,923 were 

 females. At the Bureau of Information over 

 6,000 persons called for assistance. There 

 were 710 letters received, of which 489 were an- 

 swered. The bureau received and cared for 

 3,128 lost children, of whom 1,071 were girls and 

 included 36 colored waifs. Besides these, 105 

 female and 96 male foundlings were cared for 

 and turned over to the Department of Charities 

 and Correction. 



There were 77 runaway children captured by 

 the police and returned to their families or rela- 

 tives. Of missing people, 142 were reported, all 

 but 8 of whom were heard from. At tne morgue 

 201 unknown dead, including 21 females, were 

 reported, 92 of the bodies having been identified. 



The property clerk received 2,088 different lots 

 of stolen or unclaimed property, and delivered 

 772 lots, aggregating in value $103.994.16. Tin- 

 different police stations during the year deliv- 

 ered $959,794 worth of property which had fallen 

 into the hands of the police, and was claimed be- 

 fore it could reach the property clerk. The su- 

 perintendent issued 5C6 permits to carry pistoN, 

 1,179 pcnnit> lor parades, 2<!S ball permits, and 

 246 permits for funerals. The Telegraph De- 

 partment required the services of two or three 

 extra operators the year round. About :J51,000 

 messages were sent and received during tin- 

 year, of which over two hundred thousand were 

 general alarms. 



During the year there have been employed 

 matrons in two Mat ion houses, at Oak and Eliza- 

 beth Streets. These appointments were made 

 simply us an experiment, and the Police Hoard is 

 watching the result of their work with the < 

 scrutiny. The station house on We-t 68th 

 Street was completed during the year, and is 

 ready for occupancy. 





