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Sect. XV.] 



STATISTICS. 



475 



■lai dutica, or to 



person to take upon himself an) o 

 authori - ^-mx to assume certain responsibilities in society 

 Jiere the fortunes, tlie happiness, and it may be the r- 

 of others, mil be intrusted to his ch 





Closely connected with this subject is the state of c:':ne 



The number of prisons, the amount ot 



in every couotry 



accommodation which they afford, and t^- number ^ 



inmates usually to be found within them, should, if possible, 



be obtained, as well as £'-ie acqudntance with the system 



of punishments pursued and the treatment of prisoncrs. 



The number of executions that have taken place within a 



given nuuihor of years, and the nature of the crimes for 



which tliat extreme punishment has been hafiic" d. should 



be ascer^-nned. If any mure general record of Wiender- 



can be had. it would be well to inquire the prices of food 



during the particular years to which those reco-ds relate, m 



order to jud 



ige c 



orrectlv concerning the m.oral c^ -"Meter 



of llie people under on: of its most important aspec' \ 

 tendency towards c.hninal courses. To know the r 



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generally, of the offenc.o committed tmII give us an ...signt 

 into many subjects of interest, provided the people have 

 made any considerable advances in civilization ', but li the 

 country should be very backward in this respect, many 

 crimes will go " unwhipt of justice/' If tl^e criminal re- 

 cords of England existed for any period further back than 

 half a century, we should probably se^.^h them in vain m 



order to learn the number of pickpockets ; not that 



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offence of picking pockets was unknown, but that when 

 the offender %ws detected the mob took his pumshm...l 



pumping upon him, or 

 horsepond, or by some otlie- 



into their own hands, 

 dragging him through 



and by 



