Note 333 — CRIMINALITY. (continued 2)
Henry P. (Henry Pomeroy) Horton translation
Crimes. Number of Persons Convicted of the Following Crimes in
1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1896–1900 Average.
Absolute Number. %
Theft and embezzlement 109,545 112,591 116,977 113,159 114,831 113,420 29.96
Receiving stolen goods and being accessory after the fact in general 8,164 7,922 8,490 8,124 8,068 8,153 2.15
Procuration, etc. 2,816 2,671 2,765 2,622 2,648 2,711 0.72
Counterfeiting 234 166 203 212 186 200 0.05
Perjury 1,523 1,450 1,478 1,316 1,198 1,393 0.37
Criminal breach of trust and obtaining money under false pretenses 28,649 25,169 26,546 26,580 26,079 25,604 6.76
Forgery 4,761 5,068 5,185 5,479 5,231 5,144 1.36
Robbery and extortion 1,048 995 1,114 1,114 1,009 1,056 0.28
Fraudulent bankruptcy 931 924 871 952 905 916 0.24
Total of economic crimes — — — — — — 41.89
Bigamy 76 72 64 70 64 69 0.02
Incest 462 381 397 411 448 419 0.11
Rape, etc. 4,483 4,182 4,507 4,597 4,762 4,506 1.19
Total of sexual crimes — — — — — — 1.32
Insults 53,968 54,143 55,988 55,514 52,883 54,499 14.39
Malicious mischief 17,485 17,486 18,213 18,858 18,261 18,060 4.77
Arson 479 468 501 519 472 487 0.13
Assaults 116,613 117,864 122,561 126,490 124,646 121,632 32.12
Rebellion 18,377 18,484 17,968 19,817 17,951 18,393 4.86
Homicide 1,511 1,562 1,468 1,542 1,580 1,532 0.40
Total of crimes of vengeance, etc. — — — — — — 56.67
Political crimes 561 428 466 416 305 435 0.12
General total — — — — — 378,629 100.00