The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-09-09 00:00:00

STATISTICS.

CosATA.notaat7 Iteriferre.—The constabulary returns
recently issued for the peat (official) year, compiled by
order of her Majesty 's Principal Secretary of State for
the Home Department, afford the following information
in regard to criminals and offenses :—The " Indictable"
crimes ootnmitted are stated to be 50,809 in number—
via., 2,473 offences against the person, 5,062 against
property with *knee, 40,242 against property with.
out violence, 493 malicious offences against property,
.4_762 forgeries and offences against the currency, and
777 offences which cannot be included in the foregoing
classes. The number of persona apprehended during
the ye ra for indictable offences was 27,174, of which
5.794 were discharged by magistrates, and 18.389 Dom-
mated or bailed for trial Of the latter 13,779 were
upon trial convicted and sentenced as follows : vis., 50 to
death, 2,450 to various terms of penal servitude,
10,971 to imprisonment for various periods, 262 detained
in reformatory schools, and 146 whipped, fisted or held
to bail. These 27,174 persons are classed as 5,759
known thieves, 1,597 prostitutes, 740 vagranta,
6,464 suspicious characters, 414 habitual drunkards,
5,404 of previous good character, and 6,796 whose
characters were not ascertained. The number of
persons proceeded against before magistrates during
the year, the oases being determined summarily, was
394,717, their offences comprising assaults, cruelty to
animals, drunkenness and disorderly conduct, petty
thefts, and wilful damage; also offemces against various
Acts of Parliament, chased as Factory, Hackney and
Stage Carriage, Mutiny, Mercantile Marine, Public
Realth, Pawnbsokers, Police, Poor Laws, Revenue,
Vagrant, Weights and Measures, and ethers. Of the
804,717 persons so pharged 131,201 were discharged by
the magistrates before whom the cases were brought
for adjudication, and 268,510 convicted, 60,452 being
sentenced to imprisonment for various periods, 1,257
sent to reformatory schools, 165,974 fined, 10,747
required to Mud turetielr, '24,452 either** punished,
arid 2,621 sent to be dealt with by the army and navy
mithorities. The persons 'disposed of as above stated
ire deearibed as 13,508 known thieves, 18,407 pros-
titutes, 16,756 vagrants, or having no visible means of
subsistence, 340,514 suspicious characters, 24,021 of
habitual drunkards (not otherwise described). 135,649
of good character, and 143,862 whom previous oharactere
vrere not inquired into. The number of the criminal
dailies in the metropolis in proportion to the population
appears to be less than in any of the groups of towns,
being about lin 23L The seats of the textile fabrics
stand next, of the cotton and lines mannfaeteree
next; those of the woollen manufarapres next, the
commercial porta' the towns depending upon agricul-
kiral districts, the seats of the hardware manufactures
follow in the order in which they are Placed the
pleasure towns hat, the proportion of the criminal
twee in the UMW BO designated being estimated at
in 96 of the population.

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