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PROCEEDINGS OF PUBLIC SOCIETIES. 
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REPORT of the COMMITTEE of the HOUSE 
of COMMONS on the CRIMINAE LAWS. 
Number of Persons Committed, Convicted, 
entenced, Acquitted, §c. in 1810 and 1818. 
2 1810. | 1818. 
Committed for Trial: 
RoR the conduct of this Commit- 
tee, and for its able and laborious 
Report, the world is indebted to the 
unwearied industry and enlightened 
spirit of Sir James Mackintosh. We 
have already submitted some extracts 
to our readers, and we now introduce 
some of the varied information con- 
Viales --+-cecccess e099 03,735) 11,535 
Females o+ee-+e0+ee000001,413] 2,932 
Total -essee+---+ +5146) 13,567 
Convicted and Sentenced : 
To death* ..seceneeeeess 476) 1,954 
tained in the invaluable Appendix. — Transportation for life---+ 12) 122 
On the subject of criminal law, we eae Lin Plte- vi 31 ai 
differ radicaliy from many of our mo- the i a the 
dern statesmen. We do not think , ~~. SD, ma nla eile hati 
F : 4 ; Imprisonment, and severally 
that crimes against property are gene- : * : 
i] ‘tted fr , : niet to be whipped, fined, pillo- 
rai ¥ commie Tae a propensity O ried, kept to hard labour, 
crime, but from the pressure of so- ge &e,: 
celely, and the difficulty of obtaining Sivas lerals adelew eee 1 — 
subsistence. Hence the increase of AW CAVE takes daine) wore cio tpn nae ao ee 
criines in bad times, and hence the 3 YCAYS +++ seers tence 5 v6 
increase of juvenile ofenders for want .2 years, andabovei year 138} 259 
of employment. We think, too, that 1 year, & above 6 months, 424] 1,026 
punishments are too indiscriminate, 6 montis, and under, ++ 1,597) 4,125 
and that the accidental offender ought Whipping, and fine----+- 148) 235 
to be treated very differently from old 7; zy 
anil often-convicted ones. Further, bas? Sele rides hes ae pie 
that the forms of trial should be con- Lee i ae Wa 
No Bills found, and not pro- 
ducted with more regard to defence CCI Ed --nirnds inal ohare «ke BER glOee 
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than is now practised. Till these 
points are better regulated, our sym- Total---.s.e-0+++ 5,146] 13,567 
pathy will overbalance our indigna- ——_— weet ee 
tion against the objects of legal coer- = * Of wkom were executed cr| 97 
cion. y 
No. of PERSONS COMMITTED FOR 
CONVICTED. TRIAL. 
NATURE OF THE CRIMES. : Cae 
1810. 1818. 1810. 1818. 
Arson, and other wilful Burning of Property -- 21 
Bigamy -++e-eceee cocccceeseeceserescceces 29 
Burglary --+ercscce ee secccsenee erencceee 568 
Cattle Stealing ++ -ceeeeceerveccescevcesces: 45 
Maliciously Killing and Maiming «+--+. 6 
Child Stealing ..++--sccesssecesscecvcecees 2 
Coin, Counterfeiting the Current -++++++«-+-- 3 
putiing off and uttering Counterfeit ---- 321 
— ditto (having been convicted as com- 
MON ULCCVErS) +e sceceer see ensereersevncs 6 3 — _ 
Embezzlement (by Servants) ++++eesessee eee 18 27 SL 60 
Forgery, and Uttering «+ e+esssseeeeeeeeees 27 86 48 173 
Forged Bank-notes, having in possession, &c, «+ 16 155 17 163 
Frame Breaking, and Destroying Machinery -- _ _ —_ — 
Frandulent Offences «+++.-sceecssececcece> 72 129 104 208 
Game Laws, Offences against ++ e+ee+ss+ reese _ 110 == idk 
Horse Stealing .-csse++secessseceessesceens 58 15 60 168 
Housebreaking im the Day-time, and Larceny 47 150 68 207 
Larceny, Simple++-+eeseseessseeee eeteevens| 2,769 6,459 3,530 }.9,303 
in Dwelling-houses, to the value 0f 40s, 67 142 119 | 217 
in Shops, &c, privately, to the value 
OF 58, cecesccssvcccccaceresenveheteraces 27 41° 41 8t 
Carried forward «+sseess ooeeeovere 2,801 8,072 i 4,37 1 11,717 
Montuiy Mac, No, 376, ; ya 4A Brought 
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