The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-12-17
Criminal Statistics of North and South
Carolina.


The following statement accompanies General
Canby's report recently published in the Wash
ington papers:
Grimes committed in the Second Military Dis
trict, from january /, 1867. to September 80,
1867, as reported by Sheriffs of counties in
North Carolina and Sherifs of districts in
South Carolina:
Murder, whites Sc, blacks A, total 100; man.
slaughter, whites 5, blacks 8, total 10; assault
with intent to kill, whites 80, blacks Al, total
II; rape, whites 6, blacks 20, total 26; assault
with intent to commit rape, whites 2, blacks IA.
total Is; assault and battery, whites I'll, blacks
49, total 347; arson, whites Z, blacks Z, total
IA; burglary, whites II, blacks 129, total 141;
robbery, whites Is, blacks 81, total 50; larceny,
whites 1873, blacks 724, total 912; forgery.
whites 3, blacks 5, total s; breach of the peace,
whites 80, blacks 81, total 104; trespass, whites
20, blacks %, total 81 miscellaneous, whites
10. blacks 27, total 46. Grand total whites COS,
blacks 1,308, total ,913
Commitments to Jail by the civil authorities
in the Second Military District, from January
to September 80, 1867, as reported by Sheriffs
of counties in North Carolina and Sheriffs of dis
tricts in South Carolna.-Murder, whites 95,
blacks So, total 100; manslaughter, whites IA,
blacks H. total 25; assault with intent to kill
whites 9, blacks Al, total so; rape, whites 5,
blacks 30, total 35; assault with intent to commit
rape, whites g. blacks IA, total 16; assault and
battery whites ia, blacks 126, total 240; arson
whites 8, blacks 22, total 80; burglary, whites
81, blacks 1876, total 233;" robbery, whites %.
blacks 20, total 81; horse stealing, whites 45
blacks Al, total Sc; larceny, whites 834 blacks
1,469, total 2,3O3; forgery whites Is. blacks 4
total 10; breach of the peace, whites 135, blacks
152, total 297; trespass, whites 32, blacks A
total rs; miscellaneous, whites 109, blacks 327
total 435; unknown, whites 90 blacks Is, total
10; grand total, whites 941, blacks 2,607, total
3,511.
Arrests made by military authority to include
September 80, 1867.-Murder, whites 21, blacks
10, total 81; assault with intent to kill, whites
Is, blacks 2, total II; assault with intent to
commit rape, whites none, blacks 3, total 3; as
sault and battery, whites 79, blacks 80, total
10; arson, whites l, blacks none total /; bur-
elary, whites none blacks II, total IL; robbery,
whites 13, blacks 3 total 16; larceny, whites 25,
blacks 145, total 10; perjury, whites 2, blacks
5, total Z; malicious mischief, whites 10, blacks
10, total 20; carrying deadly weapons, whites "A,
blacks "a, total 68; selling liquor to soldiers,
whites "a, blacks 4, total 38; selling liquors
without license, whites 35, blacks 6, total Al;
breach of the peace, whites "a, blacks 81, total
75 miscellaneous, whites 33, blacks 13, total 46;
unknown, whites l. blacks l, total 2; grand total,
whites 1856, blacks 800, total Csc.
Disposed of as follows: discharged at prelim-
mary examination or acquitted on trial, whites
49, blacks 89, total 1866; discharged on payment
of ine whites so, blacks 13, total 73; pardoned,
whites Is, blacks 6, total p; discharged on bail,
whites 70, blacks AZ, total III; discharged by
expiration of sentence, whites 21, blacks 81,
total 81: escaped whites 3 blacks TO- total 13:
turned over to the civil authorities, whites 12,
blacks 2, total IA; undergoing sentence, whites
"a, blacks 80, total SO; awaiting sentence, whites
8, blacks II, total 20; awaiting trial, whites %,
blacks 46, total "a. Total, whites 1856, blacks
22Q total GIG