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Appendix. Some Results Of The Special Inquiry Made In The Tenth Census Into The Number And Condition Of The Defective, Dependent, And Delinquent Classes

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Date:		1884
Publication:		Proceedings of the National Conference of Charities and Correction
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CLASSIFICATION OF PRISONERS.

		NATIVE WHITE.		FOREIGN WHITE.		COLORED.
Items.	Total.	Male.	Fem.	Male.	Fem.	Male.	Fem.
Awaiting trial	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Serving out sentence	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A waiting execution	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Awaiting removal to higher prison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Held as witness	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Imprisoned for debt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Imprisoned for insanity	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Not specified	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

CRIMES CHARGED.

		NATIVE WHITE.		FOREIGN WHITE.		COLORED.
Items.	Total.	Male.	Fem.	Male.	Fem.	Male.	Fem.
Offences against the Government:
Mutiny and desertion	391	273	-	98	-	-	-
Counterfeiting, etc	398	299	-	81	1	17	-
Violations of election laws	14	5	-	20	-	12	1
Violations of postal laws	149	115	1	20	-	12	1
Offences against the revenue	292	201	-	26	1	64	-
Offences against Society:
Violations of health act	3	-	1	2	-	-	-
Obstruction of justice (perjury)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Contempt of court, etc	426	230	15	59	8	98	15
Violations of seventh commandment	10,137	481	231	151	76	166	32
Unlawful sale of liquor	144	85	9	39	3	8	-
Drunk and disorderly	3,331	1,254	354	918	647	111	47
Other offences against public morals	156	62	6	31	3	46	8
Disorderly conduct	1,700	426	204	461	443	91	73
Other offences against the peace	672	291	39	168	23	167	34
Vagrancy	1,941	696	130	714	227	117	57
Other offences against public policy	153	79	9	30	1	26	8
Offences against the Person:
Murder	3,724	1,642	71	616	27	1,246	122
Manslaughter	884	353	12	181	8	319	11
Assaults, all sorts	5,076	2,226	51	1,015	42	1,650	92
Mayhem	31	17	-	4	-	9	1
Rape	1,017	446	3	144	1	423	-
Abortion	55	32	11	7	4	1	-
Other offences against the person	71	26	6	4	18	26	-
Offences against Property:
Arson	827	333	16	117	12	319	30
Burglary and burglars' tools	9,220	5,205	33	1,317	12	2,583	70
Robbery	1,736	1,108	13	1,317	12	2,583	70
Larceny, all kinds	17,198	8,597	274	2,270	264	5,450	343
Forgery	1,139	762	5	192	2	169	9
Frauds	461	286	1	86	3	83	2
Other offences against property	784	468	22	152	14	116	12

CRIMES CHARGED, -- CONTINUED.

		NATIVE WHITE.		FOREIGN WHITE.		COLORED.
Items.	Total.	Male.	Fem.	Male.	Fem.	Male.	Fem.
Offences on the high seas:
Piracy and desertion	10	3	-	5	-	2	-
Miscellaneous:
Offences not classified or not stated	4,789	1,776	135	740	207	1,735	196

SENTENCES.

		NATIVE WHITE.		FOREIGN WHITE.		COLORED.
Items.	Total.	Male.	Fem.	Male.	Fem.	Male.	Fem.
Short term sentences	11,160	4,654	734	2,803	1,210	1,457	302
In penitentiaries	1,243	607	81	341	108	93	13
In county jails	3,257	1563	155	648	176	614	101
In workhouses	5,834	2,300	469	1,700	890	362	113
In city prisons	534	168	26	108	34	154	44
On plantations or in gangs	278	11	2	1	-	233	31
In insane hospitals	9	3	1	2	2	1	-
In military prisons	5	2	-	3	-	-	-
Aggregate sentence (in years)	6,033	2,787	334	1,444	463	908	96
Average sentence (in days)	197	219	166	188	140	228	116
Long term sentences	31,925	16,126	270	4,484	142	10,422	481
In penitentiaries	26,951	14,929	231	4,148	114	7,139	390
In county jails	30	286	9	53	2	159	21
In workhouses	309	167	25	33	13	65	6
In city prisons	11	5	1	-	-	4	1
On plantations or in gangs	3,435	336	1	41	-	2,994	63
In insane hospitals	221	82	3	99	13	24	-
In military prisons	468	321	-	110	-	37	-
Aggregate sentences (in years)	69,599	-	-	-	-	-	-
Average sentences (in years)	518	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sentenced for life	1,615	613	25	320	18	609	30
Sentenced to execution	80	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sentenced to a fine	5,178	2,460	289	1,201	360	731	134
In penitentiaries	1,005	623	32	203	43	95	9
In county jails	1,527	844	8	276	36	289	24
In workhouses	2,105	788	177	608	267	195	70
In city prisons	422	195	21	117	14	57	18
On plantations or in gangs	119	10	1	-	-	95	13
Aggregate fines imposed	$452,422	$269,349	$10,373	$83,772	$8,978	$72,953	$6,997
Average fine imposed	87.37	109.49	35.89	69.58	24.94	99.80	52.22

IMPRISONMENT IN REFORMATORIES.

		NATIVE WHITE.		FOREIGN WHITE.		COLORED.
Items.	Total.	Male.	Fem.	Male.	Fem.	Male.	Fem.
Number of inmates	11,468	7,453	1,787	789	191	1,016	232
Duration of imprisonment not stated	1,957	1,369	251	155	40	116	25
Duration of imprisonment stated	9,511	6,084	1,535	634	151	900	207
Aggregate imprisonment to June 1, 1880 (in years)	19,282	11,684	4,013	1,216	403	1,570	393
Average imprisonment to June, '80	2y 291d	1y 337d	2y 226d	1y 337d	2y 248d	1y 274d	1y 329d
Average age of inmates	13.50	13.38	13.50	13.91	13.67	13.84	14.23

TABLE SHOWING THE YEAR IN WHICH PERSONS ARE REPORTED TO HAVE BECOME INSANE, ETC.

	INSANE.		IDIOTS.			BLIND.			DEAF AND DUMB.
	Total.	Non-congenital.	Total.	Congenital.	Non-congenital.	Total.	Congenital.	Non-congenital.	Total.	Congenital.	Non-congenital.
1879-1880	5,127	5,127	136	-	136	961	-	961	52	-	52
1878-1879	5,816	5,816	363	160	203	1,557	121	1,436	109	46	63
1877-1878	5,765	5,765	565	294	271	1,943	69	1,874	207	105	102
1876-1877	4,821	4,821	837	481	356	1,780	70	1,610	300	130	170
1875-1876	4,211	4,211	1,055	620	435	1,682	82	1,600	414	202	212
1874-1875	4,221	4,221	1,178	718	460	1,798	72	1,726	472	203	269
1873-1874	3,347	3,347	1,328	778	550	1,359	93	1,266	750	271	479
1872-1873	2,827	2,827	1,422	859	563	1,240	80	1,160	1,168	348	820
1871-1872	2,857	2,857	1,609	988	621	1,299	90	1,209	1,067	372	695
1870-1871	1,981	1,981	1,495	902	593	947	101	846	769	391	378
1869-1870	3,520	3,520	1,993	1,278	715	1,790	117	1,673	751	392	359
1868-1869	1,974	1,674	1,470	898	572	822	105	717	665	340	325
1867-1868	1,945	1,945	2,020	1,406	614	974	130	844	721	363	358
1866-1867	1,308	1,308	1,776	1,185	591	775	108	677	710	313	397
1865-1866	1,215	1,215	1,817	1,289	528	801	107	694	794	351	443
1864-1865	1,958	1,958	1,813	1,216	597	1,187	108	1,079	797	310	487
1863-1864	1,028	1,028	1,929	1,337	592	770	113	657	776	333	443
1862-1863	808	808	1,672	1,146	526	687	107	580	692	317	375
1861-1862	873	873	2,070	1,529	541	616	123	493	642	386	256
1860-1861	679	679	1,602	1,181	421	480	100	360	470	293	177
1859-1860	1,780	1,780	2,366	1,743	623	904	108	796	527	342	185
1858-1859	631	631	1,673	1,295	378	451	112	339	436	273	163
1857-1858	574	574	1,930	1,543	387	442	93	349	484	306	178
1856-1857	525	525	1,650	1,258	392	377	82	295	402	257	145
1855-1856	477	477	1,517	1,187	330	347	82	265	422	284	136
1854-1855	879	879	1,988	1,635	353	435	75	360	349	210	139
1853-1854	373	373	1,270	1,010	260	251	57	194	362	230	152
1852-1853	342	342	1,065	840	225	274	65	209	303	195	108
1850-1852	337	337	1,270	1,030	240	267	64	203	349	221	128
1850-1851	276	276	724	507	217	209	53	156	260	142	118
1849-18850	693	693	2,131	1,864	267	394	84	310	453	329	124
1848-1849	259	259	641	464	177	184	37	147	219	118	101
1847-1848	233	233	805	645	160	168	42	126	264	169	95
1846-1847	181	181	682	522	160	143	39	104	221	135	86
1845-1846	180	180	638	488	150	141	28	113	230	144	86
1844-1845	292	292	1,521	1,352	169	188	62	126	308	202	106
1843-1844	169	169	659	525	134	155	55	100	237	147	90
1842-1843	118	118	553	440	113	125	38	87	209	128	81
1841-1842	126	126	737	599	138	125	386	87	215	141	74
1840-1841	99	99	463	343	120	106	32	74	153	101	52
1839-1840	114	314	1,793	1,647	146	207	79	128	318	237	81
1838-1839	79	79	366	277	89	116	36	80	139	83	56
1837-1838	86	86	473	390	83	101	27	74	158	113	45
1836-1837	68	68	362	304	58	89	31	58	135	89	46
1835-1836	73	73	356	274	82	80	33	47	125	79	46
1834-1835	108	108	946	861	85	115	53	62	188	139	49
1833-1834	56	56	330	259	71	89	34	55	141	82	59
1832-1833	61	61	314	238	76	74	28	46	126	71	55
1831-1832	39	39	379	329	50	69	33	36	157	108	49
1830-1831	38	36	240	187	53	51	22	29	106	67	38
1829-1830	93	93	995	920	75	114	55	59	200	158	42
1828-1829	38	36	187	146	41	48	15	33	93	63	30
1827-1828	31	31	286	251	35	59	24	35	111	71	40
1826-1827	35	15	207	168	39	45	18	27	95	61	34
1825-1826	21	21	253	218	35	37	17	20	95	70	25

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