New-York daily tribune., 1856-03-22
THE NAME LAW INDICATED.
FACTS AND FIGURES
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There is not perhas any issue before the people
subject to acrimonious dispute than that rea
TO the Prohbitory law" The principal objection
urged il, that the law IL nopera,ve and does no
good, therefore should be repealed while its friends
insist on fair trial Of its utility. Determined 10
certain the actual result of the law and furnish the
public with the facts that each may Judge intel-
gently have examined some of the criminal records
OF the State and give the following as an exact copy
from the jail and police dockets of few cities and
counties certified by their respective jailors and police
magistrates. We give the number of commitments in
each case, from the 9th day of July 1885, 10 the Jist of
December, inclusive, as compared with the number
committed during the time in the year 1854, and
exclusive Of those for drunkenness.
The number committed 10 the Cayuga County Jail
from July 10 December 81, 1884. compared with he
time in less is IS 10 5edecreae IN favor of the
law &c. j. T. Knapp, Jaior.
Onondaga County Jail stands for the same time l3s
10 l03-decrease in favor of the law 35. Augustus
Norton, Superintendent If Penitentiary
Seneca County Jail stands IS to %, which shows a
fa ing off two-thirds Of the c5me-decrease IN favor
of the law a. Thomas Parks, ex-Jallor.
Ontano County Jail stands 20 TO IS; decrease in
favor Of the law a.. w. c. EdnondstOn, Turnkey.
The number Of commIttals TO the Albany Watch
House for ibe tine above designated in each year 8
1874 to ,27s; decrease in favor of the law, 500.
Police Record Of Syracuse stands I7s TO SIS; de-
crease in favor Of the law, 263. j. I. Cuddebsek,
Police Justice.
Police Record of Auburn stands for the same time
l04 to 90 decrease 54-being less than half what II
was under the old lcense system.
The Police Record of Rochester shows / $50 commit
tas during the period specified in 1854 TO 7io for the
same period IN ls55-decreese in favor of the law el2
less than half what il under the old system. s.
w. ID. Moore, Police Justice.
The Record Of Utica for four months previous 10 the
9th of July compared with four months succeeding,
stands los to sodecrease as being less than half the
crime committed before. j. II. Bostwck, Police
Justice.
The whole number Of cOmmittsls recorded from the
9th of July To the 3lst of December 1854 is 1900 to
2s98 during the same months in ls55-making q total
decrease III favor Of the law of 2062.
TIE yearly increase of crime is about one tenth,
which added TO 1850 gives $3.50, the number that
would have been committed had nothing prevented
But instead of $500 only have 2,s9s, falling off
1862 in ess than six months-but a fraction more
than half what it would have been under the old IL
cense law.
Again, the number committed to the Police Office Of
Rocheter from the 9th TO the 3st OF July, 1854, was
26l for this same time in 1855 only 6l, and 10
of these for drunkenness leaving 1t pol to 49, de-
crease in 20 days of 2l9 showing only one sixth
much crime a. under the old law.
For this same time in the months of July the com
initials to the Seneca County JAIL stand 10 to 2only
onesixth again.
The record of the Syracuse Pententiary stands for
July 1854, 80 to in July ls55-ony one-eigbth. In
msnv places the law was regarded for the month OF
july, and TIE sale entirely abandoned-whch easily
accounts for this unprt cedented dimiDution.
Such are the facts which We have taken much pains
to collect and the story they tell is of interest to
ALL If mistakes have occurred in the figures, shall
hasten TO correct them. We have on hand the record
of each month separate certified by the official sigma
lures, the Autographs of which can De seen az our
Office at any time.