The Haslingden Gazette. — 1911-02-11 (Haslingden, Lancashire, England)

GAMBLING ON THE INCREASE.  Chief Constable Sinclair. in ha annual repot% rolatjvc to mime in the bort•ugh of tho A3eringto.: for the year ceded Dec,inher .31,, 1910, says:— Tints numbut of indictable offences comm.tted during th 3 year was 140, an incres.so of 10, and consitsot: of uniawful --and by age::. housebreaking, breaking into silo'a and on.. houses. la:ceny from alo.111:e; .11treeny the peison, larceny simpl... It:men). by ••.•. obtaining goods. etc., by falso preLef.ce:, bezzlement and andecer, assault. - • 111111,114, persons proceodcd against in connection wt.:if the.. • olfcates was 114, an inaronse of 7 : —b9 males aid 23 females w.tro apisrehouded, and 2 males summoned. 'filen., wr.re 33 males and 4 !smales coinmuted for trial and disposed of as fullows:-3 years penal servitude 1. 3 pants lkirstal Fy.:+.l:ll 1, 12 mouths hard labour 4, 9 mon:he hard labour 4, six months hard labour 1. 4 months hard labour 5, 3 mounts hard labour 3. 2 nion:ths 2, 2 days 2, bound over 8, discharg,,d 2, awaiting trial at the year end 4.  There seers 58 males and 19 fema.os dealt wi:h summarily on charges of larceny, 30 males and 12 ferna:es were convict vi, 26 ma.los and 6 females dietn.ssod under the Probation Aot, and 2 males and 1 is male wore discharged. The punishment of those convected was as foflows:—SA months and abovothree 2, three months and above two 1, two monthe and above one 2, one incsish and above fourteen days 11, fourteen days tund under 6. fiord 15, committed to Reformatory Sell.l°l 2, whipped 3.  Their characters we:ea-16 mrles ano 5 fetnzil-e. suspicious; 23 males and 7 female 3 previously good; 14 malts and 7 females unknown. 56 males and 14 females etattd tney were been in England, 1 male and 4 females in Ireland, 1 female in Scotland, and 1 male ini.s ales.  and restored to their parents by the polMe, a decrease of 14. 'reere were 42 accidents to porsons, an inerease of 6, reported to. or by the pMiee. Of Om persons injured thereby. 33 were males and 9 females.  Of the acaidents, 13 were described rs of a enrious naturc,, and in moot of these casco traczure or dislocation .3y-carted. Three macs wore conveyed by ambulance and other means within the town, and 8 MIIILS wcre conveyed in the arnouiatico van to the Cottage Hospital.  • , During the year, 126 robboriec—an int.reasa of The number of inquests h&d during the year I, and 14 other erknea—an ineremie of B—worn W 36 45, an inereisi, of 6, and the verdicts of the oommEteth juries were tic follows:—Suicides, 3; othcr deaths  from j; The oclue of the property and money stolen slurinuriis accidentally received, 20 natural ing the ysar aim £275 06. 9d., an inerease of SB5 • '_au-, in; bar-es and scalds, 4; sune.roke, 2; leat 1. an increase £l2 ss. Bd. 14. sci.; and the amount recovered £463 2s. Od., flelbtepo'rte ("milts vent to the Coroner in which h 3 of considered inquests unnecessary, 11. Under the category of summary proceedings (nonDuring the year 91 dogs were seized and brought indictable offences), which includes no fewer t/sa.n to the police staticui-33 were, handed to owners, 40 offences, the prinoipal of which are aesa.ults common, begging, cruelty to animals, breach of the 21 sold, and 37 destroyed. During the year the members of the Force have kctt Elementary Education Acts, breach of the s apprehended within the town, for other Form. 18 Borough Bye-laws, wilful damage. tz persona—who who were wanted by them for various family, Towns Police Clauses Act, bread; of the odonoo.. the principal of which fitting larceny, Highway Act, etc. The number of persons pro- I eeeded against wail 317, a deerea,eo of 48, and con• tardy. neglect of wife and family, and arrears of bassnoted of 274 males and 43 females, of whom 252 or 215 males and 37 females—were convicted; and Of the members of the Force, 44 hold St. John 24—or 20 melee and 4 femalee—wero discharged; Ambulance Certificates. During the year the members of' the FOTCO have 35 males and 2 females were ordered to pay ocets, and 4 males otherwise disposed of, viz. :—delivered lost 290 days through sickness, and 12 through injury received on duty, a decrease it. 162 days. to na:itary authorities. The punishment inflicted During the year 4 constables have resigned. I was as foLlows:—Three months and above two 5, am pleased to say that the conduct of the Force two months and above one 6, one month and above am been good. fourteen days 30, fourteen days and under 36. fined I f on, 14 ex-members, viz. :-2 In receipt of pension, 153, bound over to keep the peace 5, other cases i i whlesh resulted in the making of orders, etc. 17. mparters. 6 sergeants. and 6 conetaasee. On Tuesday, the 15th March last, Lieut.-Celli/mei Their characters were classified as follose:-41 J males and 16 females suspicious, 124 malets and 10 H. Eden,