New York by sunlight and gaslight : a work descriptive of the great American metropolis ; its high and low life; its splendors and miseries; its virtu . of the prisoners are arrested for imprisonment for debt is forbidden by theConstitution of the State, it is easy for a creditor toconsign a debtor to the cells of this prison. He hasonly to appear before the proper Court and make oaththat his debtor is about leaving the State without pay-ing him the amount due him. An order of arrest isat once issued by the Court, and the unfortunatedebtor is arrested by the Sheriff, or by one of
New York by sunlight and gaslight : a work descriptive of the great American metropolis ; its high and low life; its splendors and miseries; its virtu . of the prisoners are arrested for imprisonment for debt is forbidden by theConstitution of the State, it is easy for a creditor toconsign a debtor to the cells of this prison. He hasonly to appear before the proper Court and make oaththat his debtor is about leaving the State without pay-ing him the amount due him. An order of arrest isat once issued by the Court, and the unfortunatedebtor is arrested by the Sheriff, or by one of hisdeputies, and consigned to Ludlow Street Jail. Mem-bers of the National Guard arrested for violations of IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT. 419 the laws governing- that orcranization are also confinedhere, and these constitute a large class of the United States Courts also send their prisonershere, the General Government paying the county acertain sum per day for the accommodations furnishedsuch persons. The prison contains a number of ex-cellent rooms, which prisoners who are willing to for such comforts are allowed to LUDLOW STREET JAIL. The charges are extortionate, but the ordinary accom-modations provided by the county are so wretched, thatthose who have the means will pay any price to obtainbetter quarters. Perhaps no class of prisoners in New York aresubject to such extortions as the unhappy personsconfined in Ludlow Street Jail. Before reaching the *prison they are obliged to pass through the hands of 420 NEW YORK. the Sheriffs deputies, who receive no salaries, and aredependent for support upon the sums they can extortfrom their victims. No favor will be granted unlessliberally paid for, and persons unacquainted with thelawful charges of the establishment are fleeced un-mercifully. When a man is arrested by a deputy sheriff and de-sires to give bail, he is taken to the Sheriffs office, andhis friends who are likely to become his sureties ares
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