The Owego RECORD March 12, 1891 BEFORE JUSTICE BROWN. THE RECORD OF CONVICTIONS DURING THE MONTHS OF JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, 1891-"ALL OFF THE CORPORATION" OR SAID TO BE. Since January 6, 1891, when the amended charter went in effect, the officers, other then the regularly appointed police officers of the village of Owego, have no right to charge the town of Owego for summary arrests on the corporation nor has any justice of the peace any right to make any charge for his actions in similar cases. It is said, however, that tramps and vagrants do hover around the outskirts of Owego in a wonderful manner and the sheriff and his deputies seem to know, almost by intuition or previous understanding, where they do congregate at such times. It is wonderful what a tender solicitude the "chief executive of a bailiwick that that extends 500 feet outside of all boarders of Tioga county," as Sheriff George M. GEER terms himself, does develop that the tramps, which are outside corporation limits, should be brought to it's, to him, central point, the common jail. A RECORD reporter was interested in some remarks he heard that the sheriff had made regarding the tramp question, as handled by his lynx-eyed deputies. Below will be found the results of an investigation made in the records of convictions filed in the county clerk's office by Justice of the peace H. C. BROWN. Jan. 12,--Thomas REYNOLDS, tramp, to penitentiary. Jan. 15,--Joseph WILSON, William BEMMINGTON, William MYERS, August BERG, vagrants to jail. Jan. 21,--John CONNORS, vagrant, to jail. Jan. 24,--Charles DAVIS vagrant, to jail. Jan. 24,--Thomas DAY, tramp, to penitentiary. Jan. 27,--Thomas DOYLE, vagrant, to jail. Feb. 3,--William STANLEY, William SMITH, William KETCHUM, John WILLIAMS, vagrants, to jail. Feb 13,-- Jacob RUTT, Frank SMITH, William TURNER, vagrants, to jail. Feb. 14,--John KERRIGAN, James GORMAN, vagrants to jail. Feb. 23,--Herman BASFORD, intoxicated, to jail; Fred CLARK, William MORAND, Joseph WELLS, vagrants, to jail. Feb. 29,--John FLYNN, Frank WATSON, vagrants, to jail. It will be seen that during that part of January, subsequent to the 6th, two tramps were sentenced to the penitentiary and seven vagrants to jail. During the month of February fourteen vagrants and one drunkard were sentenced to jail. Of course the records do of conviction do not give any knowledge whatever of the fact that others are arrested and discharged instead of convicted, so this list is only a partial one of those arrested by the sheriff and his deputies and arraigned before Justice BROWN. The arrests of tramps and vagrants were divided as follows, and all are said to be outside the limits of the corporation; Sheriff GREER seven, Deputy DAN nine, Deputy DENSMORE seven. None of them had sentences less then ten days and it is safe to place eleven days against each of the twenty-one vagrants sent to jail, making 231 days or 693 meals board at 15 cents a meal or $103.95 for board. The sheriffs turnkey fees on the twenty-one vagrants and two tramps would amount to $34.50, his fees for taking the two tramps to Syracuse $30 more or an aggregate of $168.45 to the sheriff outside of his fees as arresting officer. If he only gets $2.50 each for arresting his seven that makes $17.50 which added to his $180. counts up to $185.95, a very tidy sum gained in forty-eight days from tramps and vagrants, which he and his deputies swore they got outside the corporation. But of course, the sheriff must live and out-of-town tramps do as well as anything else to fill up on. Then his deputies must get $2.50 each for their sixteen, of $40. It seems that it was brought out in a former controversy that the justice gets at least $3.50 for each convicted criminal and twenty-three at $3.50. That makes a grand total of $306.45 for the tax payers to reward the sheriff and his deputies for going off the corporation to pick up twenty-one vagrants and two tramps, to say nothing of the expense consequent upon the those arrested but not convicted. BEFORE RECORDER GLEZEN. Ten vagrants were arrested Saturday and Sunday and they were discharged by next morning by Recorder GLEZEN. Four of them were Philadelphia newsboys, who had been to Buffalo but had not got rich and bumped toward home. One drunk was captured off the D., L. & W. last night by Officer STRAIT and sentenced Friday morning to fifteen days in jail. OWEGOANS IN BINGHAMTON. The Binghamton Republican mentions James T. ROGERS and A. BURNSTINE of Owego as among the guests at the Arlington. Who is A. BURNSTINE? Everyone knows J. T. L. T. STANBROUGH was at Binghamton yesterday. Mrs. Richard STRATTON of Owego who is in poor health, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. R. H. HUNTLEY of Van Buren street, will remain some time under treatment of Dr. J. P. MARSH-Binghamton Herald, Mr. and Mrs. H. G. ADAMS and daughter of Norwich, NY, who have been visiting Mr. ADAM'S Sister Mrs. H. G. LIGHT, Smithboro, were in town Sunday on their way home and were the guests of Mrs. W. H. MANNING, Main street. Bill Grummons [email protected]