Increased Punishment

-tn the nicipal court, a man named Wellsling was sentenced by Judge Mernck to pny a fine of $110 'br two breaches of ihe license law ; if hot paid in four days, then 60 days mprisonment at hard labor in the House of Correction. Daniel Desmond, for a similar olFence, wns fined $200 ; if not paid, stx months in the Houss of Cor. rection. These sentoncfs are more severe than thoseof the last lerm, when a fine of S100 or .$200 could be paid by a few days confinement in the common iail.