TRANSACTIONS OF THE SECTIONS. 169 
STATISTICS. 
On the State of Crime within Glasgow and City Police Jurisdiction. 
i By Captain Mituar. 
The following are extracts :— 
Population of Glasgow, within the Police Jurisdiction, 
supposedito be,.cs.seaucscsdoaxaddctdeccetmanmeceaensesteee aoe 
Population beyond Police Jurisdiction, and within the 97.000 
Parliamentary boundary, supposed......ssasscseesereee } , 
272,000 
“ Faxtent of Crime.—During the year ending the 31st of December 
1839, the number of persons brought before the Magistrates of the city, 
including parties charged with contravening minor police regulations, 
as well as parties charged with crimes and offences, was 7687, the 
males being in the proportion of three to one of the females. Of the 
total number, 468 were discharged, 5410 summarily convicted, 661 
sentenced to Bridewell, 46 sentenced to jail, 179 acquitted, 1178 admo- 
nished, 72 ordered to find bail, 306 transferred to the Burgh Criminal 
Court, 72 to the Sheriff Court, 55 to the Justice of Peace Court, and 
20 were sent to other counties. The estimated value of the property 
stolen within the police bounds, and reported at the office during the 
year 1839, including watches and money taken from the persons of 
individuals in a state of intoxication, was 76530. 10s.; the estimated 
value of property recovered i260/. 10s.; the number of attempts at 
housebreaking, discovered by the police, 84; the number of criminal 
informations lodged in the course of the year, 3725; and the number 
of cases actually brought into court, 5047. The aggregate number of 
offenders includes many parties who re-appeared. The preceding state- 
ment and relative table apply solely to the city of Glasgow Police juris- 
diction, exclusive of the suburban districts ; but it is right to state, that 
a very large number of the offenders within the city truly belonged to 
the suburbs. Nearly all the thefts of watches and money taken from 
the person, and those by domestic and other servants, were committed 
in circumstances beyond the control of the police, and where they 
could not act in a preventive capacity. 
“ Notwithstanding the increase in the population of the city and 
suburbs, the amount of crime has of late years diminished. This is 
satisfactorily shown by the diminution of the number of police cases of 
every description, with the amount of fines levied for petty assaults, 
disorderly conduct, &c. The number of persons sent to the Glasgow 
Bridewell from the Justice of Peace Court for offences of every kind, 
in the year 1836, was 224 ; in 1837, 412; in 1838, 401 ; in 1839, 498; 
and for the period ending 18th of August 1840, 535. Of those 
offenders, during the two years ending 18th of August 1840, 137 
were sent to Bridewell for periods of from 5 to 60 days, for the 
non-payment of fines, varying from 5s. to 5. The number of persons 
