The social evil in New York city - Tapa blanda

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 Excerpt: ...at the time of arraignment.1 In 220 of these cases there was no information on the cards concerning the behavior of the probationer during the probationary period; in 38 cases the probationers absconded and could not be found at the addresses given; in 39 cases the probationers were permitted to leave the city, apparently without the consent of the committing magistrates; and in 3 cases the prisoner was paroled in the custody of a probation officer, but was unaccounted for in any manner at the Central Bureau. An investigation of the addresses of 287 probationers given on the records showed the following conditions found in 182 cases;2 114 were not known at the address given; 40 had moved, but the record did not show any change: 6 addresses given were of factory buildings, 2 of churches, 2 of vacant houses; and in 5 there were no such street numbers; 3 were known at the address given, but did not live there; 2 had left the city, apparently without recorded permission; 1 address was a theatre; 1, a vacant lot; 1, quarters of an engine company; 1, a public park; 1, a meeting room; 1, a police station 1 For disposition of cases in the Night Court, see Tables XV, XXVII. 1 Report of Commissioners of Accounts, p. 28. house; 1, an express yard; 1, the site for a new building. In addition to this, it was found that in most of the other cases, the homes of the probationers were not visited by probation officers. Eepresentatives from the office of the Commissioners of Accounts attended two of the regular meetings of the probation officers, at which the plan of procedure was in substance as follows i1 The probation officers (men and women) were seated around a long table; the Chairman held the list of all probationers; an officer at the door admitted the probationers, ...