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Show tbe arrest may have trouble with the man, and out of anger may magnify it into a esse of disorderly conduct. The maunrr and bearing of the man in court may be some guide to tbe judge in gifting the statement of policeman and culprit. The $10 or ten days" sentence in this case may deprive a family of bread for ton days. This, taken in connection with the pr'soner's antecedents, should bo considered. con-sidered. The ten-day sentence is a sufficient suf-ficient and sometimes an extreme punishment pun-ishment for some men and to others it is no punishment at all. All depends on the man and on his habits and surroundings. sur-roundings. " POLICE COl'RT SENTENCES. Tat Divver of Now York, whose appointment ap-pointment by Mayor Grant to the office of police judge created considerable scandal, has some ideas, based probably prob-ably upon his long experience in con tact with the lower classes, when he was in the saloon business, that have the merit of common sense. In an article ar-ticle under his signature this Tammany brave says: "To every one who has mado himself familiar with the statistics of the criminal crim-inal courts it must appear that harsh sentences, as a deterrent of crime, are a failure. I believe that under the severe se-vere punishments of some years ago, many men subjected to capital punishments punish-ments for comparatively slight offences and who under a liizhter stntencw might have become reformed, have, out of sheer revenge, become confirmed criminals and enemies of society. Take tho familiar ttm-day sentence for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, con-duct, real or alleged, as au example. For a chronic drunkard or "beat" it means ten (lavs during which he will gel enough to eat and be sheltered in cold weather. Jt makes a sort of incident inci-dent in his life which is to be looked for as coming round at certain times and seasons. A drunkard is not likely to be reformed by a ten days' imprisonment. imprison-ment. On the other hand, a policeman brings into the courtroom a man who has a character for Industry and sobri- ety, who supports his family and pays his debts, but who has been found drunk, perhaps for the first time. He is ashamed of tho position he occupies, oc-cupies, and tho single night be has spent in the station house is a worse punishment to him than six months spent in the penitentiary by an old rounder who never works unless he is compelled to do so. Here is a case in which the police justice jus-tice requires to be a judge of human nature. In many such cases the night spent in the station house may be a salutary sal-utary lesson, and the offender is suflic-iently suflic-iently punished and may bo discharged with a caution that ho will bo more so-verely so-verely delt with if the case comes up again. In cases of drunkenness or disorderly conduct, the latter charge may be ail but mythical. The officer who makes |