The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16

more felonies. 1881 less misdemeanors, and
gerry, and robbery decreased. While BRAND GRAND i ISr:
rape increased. Among the misdemeanors. petit
larceny, disorderly houses, malicious mischief,
prize prize fighting. and cruelty to animals increased,
code cases decreased. Among the Cases heard
was a slight decrease in disorderly conduct,
which includes lntoxication, a substantial de.
familiesH1..s 2s more Migrants hSS m nored insang:
ity cases. $40 fewer suspicious persons, and
LOB more ordinance violations.
trial or summarily convicted, the number claim.
ing TO have been born here was 2.9s1 less than
England. S97; scotland, 800: France. iiaa, and
good behavior. insanity and @dF' worREhio %E"1s eo l1r
cases the maximum fine permissible is $40.
From this source there was collected $780,
the preceding year. Excluding the three addi-
tional Magistrates made necessary by opening a
n9T court u on on West Fifty;tGurih street-6ut
ended-the salaries of the Magistrates agero-
gated $4,000. The salaries paid to clerks.
amounted to $3.50. 200. making a total salary
account Of 1929. 200. and leaving but s2o,02s.35
With this explanation Of the court procedure
and the report and comparison Of the latter with
us immediate predecessor we may proceed to
institute periodical comparisons. For this pur-
pose three periods have been selected, each sep
ara 1872 9y a ten'year interval. viz. 1877 1887.
The total arraignment of prisoners In 1877 was
1866; in 1887, 1924; In 1897. ll2.637. The
n iHalya we're he 81 . tSs tr 5sles f9r a .nSS2 76 {ssssSos' FFs oI fSs
whole period of twenty years there has been an
increase of about Al per cent. in the number OF
held or co Of fa III II in Sfgae; io sn Of l nSni hsd
kept even pace with population and tho rates Of
this year would have been greater than they
were by $1,000. and the number held or con-
T YlSsse siat TSqls sb have = s been E Gscfino by ~ laooo;
and in the disposition of cases as compared
with population. For every 1000 Of population
In 1877 there were II arrests, OF which II were
females; in 1897 81 arrests, of which were fe.
summnriliy Gonyicted were 80 males and IA
females In 1877, 20 males and IL females In
1887. and 80 males and g females in 1897.
In the foregoing computations are included
the minor offences. such as disorderly conduct.
ordinance violations. abandonment, vagrancy,
obliquity. Omitting these from consideration
and bnsing the computation solely upon acts
demeanors, the proportion of arrests for every
1000 popuiatiol was II in 1877; 10 in 1887 and
o 81 IN n es' e eUu nII Is trS aooH we ia sa' ma aUoe so.n mlnSf
violations and infringements Of acts known AS
tho ~ foi it"s iNAi A"Fs Nthtftt ." Z
factory law. hotel law. opium law and others OF
similar character, being. as 1t were, legal instead
OF moral crimes-mdid prob ibitd rather than
1ndH in Sc. Excluding these. and basinR tho
computation solely upon attractions OF the law
involving moral turpitude, the proportion of
arrests for every 900 OF population in ench Of
the years named was Ia in 1877, IL In 1887. and
10 in 1897.
The comparison. however made. Is In favor of
the present.
II specific crimes are taken, the tendency Is
in the same direction. We may not be growing
rapidly better. as a people; certainly we are not
provement and n greater diminution OF crime In
comparison with population; while the popula-
ton has nearly doubled. criminal charges have
increased n rifle over Al per cent.
Simple intoNication furnishes the most strik-
ing example. In 1877 20, in 1887 IA. ana In
1897 X out OF every 1000 Of population seem to
have been arrested upon this charge. There
was not only n material abatement OF that
offence ms compared to population, but an ac-
tual reduction OF 80 per cent. In the number.
Another curious and gratifying feature Of our
improved morality. AS shown statistically, Is
hat the gentIer sex Is entitled to nearly all the
1000 OF population convicted or held for trinl
for each OF the three wears. 1t will be observed
that the mRlo quota huctuated from 81 In 1877
10 20 in 1887 and back again to 80 In 1897, while
the quota OF females for the years mentioned
was IL. IL. and u. respectively.
As To nativity OF persons charged with GRIM
inal attractions of our laws and either COM
mitteh or held for further trial, EnRland has
furnished regularly 3 per cont, Scotland and
Fran each ! per cent. It'ly started In 1877
with ! per cont. which Increased TO per cent.