Note 14 — CONTINENTAL REVOLUTIONS—IRISH REBELLION—ENGLISH DISTRESS.
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CRIME IN IRELAND.
Serious Crimes.
Last Quarterof 1829.Catholic Emancipation passed in March,300
Do.of 1830.Do.499
Do.of 1831.Reform Agitation,814
Do.of 1832.Reform and Repeal Agitation,1513
By the Coercion Act the Serious crimes were reduced at once to a fourth of their number. See Hansard, Parl. Debates, Feb. 9, 1834.