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REPORT 1865. 



Table III. the number of indictable offences committed, with the number of per- 

 sons apprehended, discharged, and committed for trial. 



Table IV. the number of persons proceeded against summarily, with those dis- 

 charged, convicted, and fined. 



Tables V., VI., and VII., the nature of the indictable offences committed, the 

 principal offences under the class of summary procedure, and the previous character 

 (as returned by the police) of the persons dealt with under both heads. 



The following is a summary of the first four of these Tables : — 



1864. 



1861. 



1858. 



Total criminal class 



Total houses of bad character 



Total number of indictable offences 



Total number of summary offences 



General total of indictable and summary offences 



Total persons apprehended and summoned 



Total number discharged 



Total number convicted, or committed for trial . 



3190 

 906 

 752 

 8420 

 9172 

 9018 

 4138 

 4880 



3271 

 907 

 836 

 6905 

 7741 

 7578 

 3001 

 4553 



6415 



844 

 2659 

 3285 

 5944 

 4329 

 2320 

 2009 



The discrepancy between the criminal class in 1858 and 1864 is accounted for by 

 the adoption of a better mode of reckoning them by the police : in the former year 

 they Were merely estimated, in the last-named year the name of every person be- 

 longing to the criminal class (that is, known to be living by crime or to be a pro- 

 fessional vagrant) was actually written down, and care was taken to see that no 

 name appeared twice in the list. The following Tables show the general results of 

 a comparison of all England, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, and 

 Sheffield for the year 1864 : — 



In regard to the class of offences committed, the following Table shows the com- 

 parative criminality of Birmingham and the four other towns above named : — 



Under the head of summary offences, the following comparative result is 

 obtained : — 



