STATE OF CRIME IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND. 



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should be allowed to offer an asylum to one who violates the law. The 

 majesty of the throne, the sacredness of the temple and of the altar are 

 exalted, not lowered, by the triumph of justice.' The proportion of crimes 

 to persons appi'ehended in England and Wales and Ireland was as follows : 



England and Wales. 



1880 

 1880 



Number of Crimes 



52,427 



8,607 



Number of 

 Apprehensions 



Ireland. 



22,231 



5,409 



Crimes to Persons 



2-35 

 1-59 



Evidently, therefore, a larger number of crimes remains undetected in 

 England and Wales than in Ireland, a fact which few would have antici- 

 pated. It should be remembered, however, that in many cases the same 

 offender commits more than one crime, and that cases occur where the 

 crime reported was not, in fact, committed. 



During the last twenty-five years the proportion of persons appre- 

 hended to the number of crimes committed in England and Wales has 

 been as follows : — 



§ 7. Numher of Committals for Indictable Offences. 



Although during the last ten years there has been some slight increase 

 of crime, the number of persons committed for trial has diminished in 

 every part of the United Kingdom, as follows : — 



