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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1849 Excerpt: ...OF SUCH CONFINEMENT. Of those committed for examination there were for intoxication, five hundred and ninety-six; disorderly conduct, three hundred and forty-nine; petit larceny, three hundred and thirty-six; for Commissioner Alms House, two hundred and ninety-seven; vagrancy, two hundred and twenty-six; grand larceny, one hundred and ninetyeight; larceny, ninety-seven; insanity, eighty-four; assault and battery, seventy-two; offences not specified, fifty-five; witnesses, forty-nine; misdemeanor, twentyfour; forgery, twenty-two; burglary, nineteen; fugitives from justice, nineteen; false pretenses, eighteen; assault and battery, with intent to kill, sixteen; bastardy, fifteen; abandonment, fourteen; habitual drunkenness, thirteen; desertion, twelve; felony, eleven; disorderly house, seven; sickness, seven; embezzlement, six; robbery, eight; attempt at larceny, five; murder, four; arson, four; receiving stolen goods, four; accessory to felony, three; perjury, three; concealed with intent, three; prostitution, two; conspiracy, two; attempt at arson, two; attempt at robbery, two; riot, one; bigamy, one; suspicious persons, one; fraud, one. Total, two thousand fix hundred and ten. Of those fully committed, there were for intoxication, four thousand two hundred and eighty; petit larceny, one thousand six hundred and ninety-three; vagrancy, one thousand six hundred and twenty-nine; assault and battery, one thousand one hundred and fourteen; disorderly conduct, three hundred and fifty-three; grand larceny, two hundred and fifty-seven; burglary, seventy-seven; misdemeanor, seventy; insanity, one hundred and sixtyone; abandonment, thirty-two; false pretences, thirtyone; bastardy, twenty-seven; robbery, twenty-six; witnesses, seventeen; riot, fifteen; disorderly hous...
