, 1864-01-12

| 1o11le .-.....-189 $50 159 90
In 1853 tho number Of conviets was clghty-four,
or one to each scrcn hundred and twensy-one per
sons.
In 1851 the number was two hundred, or one to
each three hundred aud twenty nine persons.
In 1855 the 1unber was one hundred and scy-
entyth1ee or one to each four hundred and sixty.
two pereons.
In 1854 the number was one hundred and thirty
I'VE. Or one to each stx hundred and thirty-seyen
In 1857 the number was one hundred and ninety,
afd the proportion one In fonr hundred aud eighty
In 1855 the number was two hundred and one,
md md ne proportion one to three hundred and
In 1860 the number WAS one hundred and seventy
three, and the proportion one to fve hundred and
II lsso, the number was lss, and the proportion
In II 1S1; the number was $50. and the proportion
In 'sea. the number was 1se, and the proportion
n 1868, up to the 1st Of January. 1861 tho con-
y1Gsions numbered 20 for period Of nine months
1868 proportion Of 70 7s6, Or il one-fourth be
added for the conytcttons Of the remaining three
nn9nthf 14f a. proportion 70! q to e..
Offenders. and to trace step by step theiF erade-
tlons In crime, hnt It would hardly be just to some
Of them who hare abandoned their evfl habits aud
become honofed and respected citizens. The 11st
sccount Of robbcry which we remember to have
read after The court was created, was on the l4th
s 5s TxH nss hsEss raa5 and
end while the young Indies were playing on the
piano In the p.rlor:, walked up stairs, fook the
1G aes butsaS and made thss
same day they robbed ladies drawer while lie
1sdy herself was in the room making her toilet
penftenttary for period Of three yeara eacb.
On the I'd Of june. 1854, James Rob{nson rnadc
IN m outrageous stack on F. Adcock, with an axe,
great excitement Robinson came to this country
from England, leaving wife behind him, and here
married second time. The second wife, learning
If married her. On the night in question, Adcock
was attacked. and veZ seriously injured. Robin
sen wds and sentenced to ase
The following preaentment was made by the
Grand Jury OF the Recorder Court, At the Ausust
term, 1854:
The Grard jury, in and for the city of Chicago,
nner e7refRl investigation into the causes OF COM
that most OF the buaineas claiming he attention Of
The jury, and consequently Of the court, and bur
9en,nE the citr With unnecessary. taxation, growa
thus farnehes strong argumeat in a fa1of GA ofa
. "Ips!;onibitoy prohibition liquor l9E" By qar State.
9agne1V 1o,n H5EE 1sE FE11KI T;. For9m9n
" In. Henry Osborn. John Miller: Ph'lo Carpenter,
kellegg, G. ". Cobb, 3. 4. Hough, Levi Chtpman,
DOB Carpenter, Daniel o'Hara, caapcr Pfetfar.
This same jury found fifty-nine true bills. Geo,
". Goodwin, against whom bill was found for
plactielng the patent safe game upon gentleman
nom the country and heccfng him out OF 500, WIS
During the anne term q notorious tburElar was
arrested in the morning, indicted by the Grand
jury ty noon, tried In the afternoon and sentenced
to tie PeuitentlaIy for term Of ten years before
sundown. His mime WIS John Carter. Twenty
dyc prisoners were sent this term to Alton.
In July. 1851, Jeremiah Pendeg1ast plead guilty
to tho charge Of conspiracy to eItort money from
prostitutes, and was fined therefor Sl00 and SEN
fenced to three months In the Bridwe11.
Subsequently, Charles 0'MalleY md r. P, Pen
dergrast. well known Democratic Justices Of the
reacc, were tried upon similar charge and eim1-
1atlY punished.