New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-10-12

cent on the preceding year The gross ahoVM
number of c0mnttals for period OF seven yeers II
t549 has ranged from $3.50 l845) TO 4l9o9 L5i9
10 !S43 the total puin1sr OF commttIs " 81 ~ I%9
for ihe next three years II was beloE 2O,Ooo IA
1877 il rcse TO 81 2O9 and in l8i8 20 3o,222 "A
comparison Il the year u 10 tn iis pred scesSor
shows 10 crimes against tho pe,son with glo!suso
q decrested Of He per ceut; IN tnose a5atpss. r.
perty sgith violence increase OF , ,a,.e or
againar property wirhout violence an H.. do
1856 IN oaicous ofepses ag 4l9s' -, '..p sgainst
ryenxe Of % =; in ftrserles Nnd ousISG. rniecal
,rc,ases sf 30 o5 and IN tniS'0i
,are,, ,ar,ea az increase Of " per i1oa2
M under the head &oroet -,
cen, nm the preceding yesr f,,ro
tonydtr for the lasg eight yeA6' - ia NJ
" lle3gl ~ 80 .couitrsd On trial Ia zoe COM
Wnlch i9e stoot;pe AID ataobiDg there has been
esse from 10 TO sc, or ~ per cent Whlle
shso for granddaughter nave ncfesAoo rum LOO W
l73 Commttas Tor ss'a"itS n@!o 80
nar cent In Glars No. the crlmes OF sacrllege,
burglary and robbie show an increase respect
iyely of Is, l2l and -, over lsi8 " Cattle sieat-
ing under its several heade aud "larceDy,' ex-
bibit sn increase Of 500 for the former aud ,73i
for the latter. Among the malicious oftenEea there
s an increase under the head q arson Of 50, while
in killing or manning cattle there ls decrease oil
322 or more than GO per cent
The ofenses against the currency show al IN
creaRe of69, OF which Al ats under the head buying,
procuring, having, &c. counterfeit coin. Ths In
crease in the last class is principally under the
heads q riot' and rescue, the former being 2I9 and
the latter 557 more than in 1913. In a5mlnisssnng
and taking unlawful 0atns there liz also en Increase
OF g. but in perjury and sub1rnsson there is de-
crease OF II. The number Of aentences OF death
passed for the first four year6 Of septeonla period
ending l849, has ranged from 10 H845l to 20 Q844l;
for the LAST three years there have been respective
ly 425 so 80.
oftbe ssne period ranged from 80 to 49, aud for the
last three years they have been respectively II, 49,
81 those for IA years ranged Tor the first four
yesrs from 5 (I845) 20 Q64G), aud Tor the last
threo they have been II, H. 81 thoaa Tor seven
years ranged in the first four yeas from 423 l3f5
to 526 ll84I, and 10 the nat thee they were !,
587, 2Q75 200; tbetreuzyo5asio for Other periods
ranged from ll3 ls14 TO l53 N843l curing the irst
four yeur, and for tbs leaf thtee were 40, 43,
,06l
The umbet Of persoos imprisoned for from one
20 two years, duuDg The fuss f0Qr years oil tho
same period ragged from l07 jl8iU ~ 1913 tIoio'l
and for the last three yoafs respectively the mum
beYs were 342 263, 344 q tboso Imprisoned iof
from si1 months to ono year the numper faagoo
during the first four year rom 334 tIo49j 70 90
N846,J and during the next three Wes respeclVty
400 40, l,72i tho impriaonmenss for months
and under, for the first four yearg ranged from
4347 n84l) to 5282 1845,l and for .he aabssquent
veara were 9440 u 2S9 - 3G9. The number OF
oersons fined or discharged, &c during she seven
wears has ranged from l,3i9 1s45} 10 1886 (I349,)
and Of thore whose sentences was respised from
81 (1844) to 35l p8l3
or the capital offences passed IN l819, 10 we're
executed viz 10 for murder, one for shooting at,
and one for solicitation to murder; 20 we're oonmut-
ed to transportation for life, and three for years.
The greatest comparative number of acqoutels
during the septennial period occurs in 1915 being
57.47 per cent and the lowest inl8i9, when it was
only 49.5 per CEN. The cases in which the great
est comparative number oil acquiGssls hes occurred (
are those Of oiienses claSsed under the head Mis-
ceaneous, and thoae against she perRon, the re-
spectve proportion Of acqlittals for these being (
So 33 and Ga So per cant. The cases in which the
smallest number of acquitsls has occurred are
those OF ofenses rgaioa. property the proportion
being 81 OF per cent
OF tho II, $50 offenders committed in 1849. 1880
were men and 1869 women OF the former 6 484
could both read and write, 1923 could only read
l2,l57 were unable to read or write, and of $40
the instruction could not be haceraaned. OF the
women 235 could read and write, 500 could only
read, aud e87 cou d do neither; The number Wh0se
Instruction was not hscertain9d beng 357 When
clesGed with respect 10 age We End tbs greatest |
propo tion Of offenders occurring from the age Of 81
10 80 the numbers being 7,l5l men and BIO !
women. The next most numerous olasa ia from l6
to 81 she relative numbers being 73l aud
1888 women