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APPENDIX F 



Of the lineal descendants of one Ada Jurke, a pauper, born in 

 1740, and who died from alcoholism in 1800, 7 were convicted 

 of assassination and punished accordingly, 76 others were con- 

 victed of minor crimes of all grades, 144 were mendicants by 

 profession, 64 others were cared for by various public charities, 

 and, finally, 181 were prostitutes. The sum total spent by the 

 Government on the maintenance, surveillance, prosecutions, etc., 

 of the members of the family amounted to over six millions of 

 francs (about ;£i, 150,000) 



