The Statesman. — 1823-03-18 (London, England)

THE ST  STATE OF CRIME THE METROPOLIS IN THE YEAR 1822. Statement of the Number of Persons committed to bis Majesty's Gaol of Neweate in the Year 1822, and how they have been disposed of : Males. Fem. Total.  In cuatody on the let. January 1522 - - Committed to 31st Dec., under • 20 years of age - - 660 110 *2185 Above tbat age - - 1134 251 2437  185 67 232  Of which there have been executed, 23; Died,2 • Removed to the Hulks at Gosport, preparatory to Transportation, S; Ditto, ditto, Portsmouth, 123; Ditto, ditto, Sheerness, 292; ditto, ditto, Woolwich, 55; ditto to the Penitentiary, Milli:tank, 51 ; ditto to the Refuge for the Destitute, 20; ditto to Bethlem Hospital, 1 • ditto by Habeas Corpus, for trial at the Assizes, 17 ; ditto to the Houses of Correction for London and Middlesex, pursuant to sentence, 549; discharged, having received his Majesty's pardon, 21; ditto having lisen acquitted at the Old Bailey Sessions, 512; ditto bills of indictment not Laying been found, 212; ditto not having been prosecuted, 41; ditto having undergone their sentence of imprisonment, 50; ditto having been whipped, 53; ditto fined one shilling, 104; ditto upon bail and other causes, 16: remained in custody, Ist January, 1923—Ma1e5,•195 —Females, 65 ; total, 2437. • Of this number 390 had been in the gaol before.— There is an increase in the committals in this year of sixty-two. Statement of the number of persons committed to his Maj. sty's gaol of Newgate, and convicted in the year 1522, and the nature of their °den •es,together with the number acquitted, discharged, sentenced, &e. during the same period :—lturglary, 33; forgery, 4; forging the Uoldsmiths' Hall mark, 2; highway robbery, 19; horsestealing, tt ; maliciously cutting and maiming, 1 ; murder, 1 ; rape, I ; returning from transportation, 3 ; steal• ing in a dwelling-house to the value of 401. and upwards, 53; sheep•stealing, 2 ; an unnatural crime, 3; uttering forged bank notes, 3 ; attempting to commit an unnatural crime, 6 ; bigamy, 7 ; embezzlement, 15 ; fraud, 10 : man,laughter, 5; misdemeanour, 12 ; procuring counterfeit coin with intent to utter the same, 3; receiving, stolen goods, 7; selling blasphemous publications, 4 ; uttering counterfeit coin. 10; larcenies of various descriptions, 1,117 ; total, 1331. Of which there were sentenced—to death, 135*: to transportation for life, 94; to ditto for 14 years, 17 ; to ditto for 7 years, 329: to imprisonment in the Rouse of Correction, for two years, 36.; one year, Its; six months, 149; four months, 7; three months, 119; two months, 54; six weeks, ; one month and under, 60 ; to ditto in Newgate for various terms, 51 ; Fined one shilling and discharged, 104 ; Whipped and discharged. M.—Total numbers convicted. 1331: Acquitted. 512; Discharged,Bills of indictment not having been found, 919; Discharged, net having been prosecuted, 41 ; 779.—Grand total, 2103. * Of this number 21 have been executed. Statement of the Number of Criminal Offenders in his Majesty's Gaol of Newgate, who were executed in the year ISM with the nature of the Crimes for which they metered. For Murder, 1 ; Forgery, 1; Uttering Forged Notes, 3; Burglary, 10; Highway Robbery, 3; An Unnatural Offence,2 ;Stealing in a Dwelling Douse to the valueof 40s.and upwards. 3.—*23. * Two of these were convicted in the year 1821.  IlARILIelli4b