Show RED FRED LIGHT PANIC I CRIMPS Revenue of City Law Office 1 Falls Off Because of Hard HardTimes HardTimes HardTimes Times Among Sports HEAVY DECREASE IN FINES STATISTICS FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT Panic PaRle among the th sporting classes Js is the Ole WILY way H J city attorney accounts for an fill exceptional failing falling off of in the receipts of his office during titS iNS This decrease in hi revenue amounts to 6 In his Ms anno annI report filed Sled with Mayor Bransford yesterday Mr comments on the fact that there then were few prosecutions prosecution of fallen women woolen and a consequent toes lees Io s of rev rey revenue revenue The report gives give 34 prosecutions in IMS 1988 for violations of ol city ordinances and paid paM into the city treas tress treasury treasury ury for tf md forfeitures This is 93 cases tes aad less les In hi money than in In the last four months of the year there were nere but twenty prosecutions of ot fallen women with lines of ot lOt In the same months mouths of or 1907 1117 the number of o prosecutions was and lines flues amount amounted ed to HIt No keepers of houses were prosecuted in 19 1 8 but in 1907 there were twentynine of or these theM cases and fines fine were SS SS There were fewer few f cases of ot drunkenness in 1108 IMS than in the pre pro previous Ious year with witt a falling off In to fines of and fiftysix fewer prosecutions lions for disturbing the peace fifty more for tor petit leUt larceny vagrancy cases and more arrests for far violating the speed or ordinance ordinance Mr Ir says sas that when he took office in January 1108 MM there were wet thir cases canes pending and sixteen n more were filed tiled during the year on the part of the city Of these twelve wen wert finally disposed of leaving in the courts at the close of the year Ten of these dispositions were in favor of the city four foor were dismissed and three resulted unfavorably Two of the against the city and Mor Morris Morris ris against the city are now before Defore the supreme court on appeal with good prospects Mr Dininny says of a final I city victory The city attorneys office during 1 ground out 3 II Z written opinions for tor the city cU council to say MT innumerable innumerable merable verbal verbI opinions The office drew up UI ordinances on special Im Improvements Improvements amendment amendments revising the compiled ordinances of 1908 1903 three new and four amended fran franchises franchises franchises Mr YI adds to Ms Iris report words of commendation for the work of his two assistants P J 1 Daly and E A ARogers ARogers Rogers Roger and an his stenographer Mrs Montgomery |